Punta Gorda Airport in October 2025

85.1%departed on time

BTS: A flight is counted as on time if it arrived less than 15 minutes after its scheduled time. Only carriers with at least 0.5 percent of domestic scheduled passenger revenue report.

In October 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 578 domestic departures from Punta Gorda Airport (PGD). 85.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 87.0% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.0% of flights departed on time and 79.1% arrived on time, so PGD departures were 5.1 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in October 2024, the airport had 521 departures with 72.0% leaving on time: a change of +13.1 points, with flights up 11%.

Flights arriving at PGD that month were on time 84.6% of the time (578 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 33%, air carrier 32% and national aviation system 28%.

On time 87.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 13.0%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from PGD in October 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

October 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Oct 2025	Oct 2024	PGD, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2025
Departed on time	85.1%	72.0%	78.4%	80.0%
Arrived on time	87.0%	73.1%	78.3%	79.1%
Cancelled	0.0%	10.9%	0.6%	0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	7.8 min	15.0 min	16.0 min	13.9 min
Scheduled departures a day	19	17	20	20,195
Scheduled departures	578	521	7,374	605,844

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
G4 Allegiant Air	578	100%	87.0%	-1.7 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
PGD–IND	Punta Gorda to Indianapolis	31	87.1%	-2.5 min	0.0%
PGD–FNT	Punta Gorda to Flint	27	85.2%	-1.2 min	0.0%
PGD–AVL	Punta Gorda to Asheville	26	53.8%	14.7 min	0.0%
PGD–TYS	Punta Gorda to Knoxville	24	58.3%	23.0 min	0.0%
PGD–GRR	Punta Gorda to Grand Rapids	22	90.9%	3.3 min	0.0%
PGD–CVG	Punta Gorda to Cincinnati	21	95.2%	1.1 min	0.0%
PGD–FWA	Punta Gorda to Fort Wayne	20	80.0%	1.8 min	0.0%
PGD–ABE	Punta Gorda to Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton	18	77.8%	10.6 min	0.0%
PGD–LCK	Punta Gorda to Columbus	18	94.4%	-5.4 min	0.0%
PGD–PIA	Punta Gorda to Peoria	18	94.4%	-3.8 min	0.0%
PGD–PSM	Punta Gorda to Portsmouth	18	94.4%	-12.3 min	0.0%
PGD–ATW	Punta Gorda to Appleton	17	100.0%	-13.6 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

100

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), October 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	31.6%	34.0%	1,212
Late-arriving aircraft	32.8%	39.7%	1,257
National Aviation System	28.1%	22.9%	1,078
Extreme weather	7.4%	3.3%	285
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

3,832 delay minutes on 75 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

How many flights left PGD on time in October 2025?

85.1% of 578 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 87.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.0% and 79.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2024, 72.0% of 521 departures left on time and 10.9% were cancelled, against 85.1% and 0.0% in October 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for October 2025; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for PGD · methodology · corrections.