Punta Gorda Airport in December 2025

73.6%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 December 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 817 domestic departures from Punta Gorda Airport (PGD). 73.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 71.0% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 72.0% of flights departed on time and 71.9% arrived on time, so PGD departures were 1.6 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in December 2024, the airport had 780 departures with 73.6% leaving on time: a change of 0.0 points, with flights up 5%.

Flights arriving at PGD that month were on time 66.3% of the time (818 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 53%, air carrier 22% and national aviation system 17%.

On time 71.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 28.2%
Cancelled 0.5%
Diverted 0.4%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2025	Dec 2024	PGD, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2025
Departed on time	73.6%	73.6%	78.4%	72.0%
Arrived on time	71.0%	74.7%	78.3%	71.9%
Cancelled	0.5%	1.2%	0.6%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	19.3 min	24.1 min	16.0 min	21.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	27	26	20	19,410
Scheduled departures	817	780	7,374	582,304

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
G4 Allegiant Air	817	100%	71.0%	12.7 min	0.5%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
PGD–GRR	Punta Gorda to Grand Rapids	45	55.6%	18.9 min	0.0%
PGD–FNT	Punta Gorda to Flint	39	56.4%	34.3 min	0.0%
PGD–CVG	Punta Gorda to Cincinnati	28	46.4%	32.3 min	0.0%
PGD–IND	Punta Gorda to Indianapolis	28	46.4%	34.0 min	0.0%
PGD–ATW	Punta Gorda to Appleton	27	66.7%	6.1 min	0.0%
PGD–DSM	Punta Gorda to Des Moines	25	40.0%	91.0 min	8.0%
PGD–PIA	Punta Gorda to Peoria	25	88.0%	-3.2 min	0.0%
PGD–SBN	Punta Gorda to South Bend	25	64.0%	14.6 min	0.0%
PGD–ABE	Punta Gorda to Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton	24	62.5%	18.3 min	4.2%
PGD–AVL	Punta Gorda to Asheville	24	79.2%	-1.2 min	0.0%
PGD–BLV	Punta Gorda to Belleville	24	75.0%	10.1 min	0.0%
PGD–FWA	Punta Gorda to Fort Wayne	24	75.0%	2.1 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

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

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

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	21.7%	33.3%	3,438
Late-arriving aircraft	53.1%	41.1%	8,423
National Aviation System	16.8%	19.1%	2,659
Extreme weather	8.4%	6.4%	1,335
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

15,855 delay minutes on 230 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 December 2025?

73.6% of 817 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 71.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.0% and 71.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In December 2024, 73.6% of 780 departures left on time and 1.2% were cancelled, against 73.6% and 0.5% in December 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for December 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.