Punta Gorda Airport in January 2026

73.8%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 January 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 682 domestic departures from Punta Gorda Airport (PGD). 73.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 75.1% reached their destination on time; 1.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.6% of flights departed on time and 75.3% arrived on time, so PGD departures were 1.8 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in January 2025, the airport had 714 departures with 74.1% leaving on time: a change of −0.3 points, with flights down 4%.

Flights arriving at PGD that month were on time 69.9% of the time (685 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 48%, air carrier 24% and national aviation system 20%.

On time 75.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 22.9%
Cancelled 1.5%
Diverted 0.6%

Every scheduled departure from PGD in January 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jan 2026	Jan 2025	PGD, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2026
Departed on time	73.8%	74.1%	78.4%	75.6%
Arrived on time	75.1%	75.6%	78.3%	75.3%
Cancelled	1.5%	1.1%	0.6%	4.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	17.5 min	21.8 min	16.0 min	16.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	23	24	20	18,133
Scheduled departures	682	714	7,374	544,003

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
G4 Allegiant Air	682	100%	75.1%	6.3 min	1.5%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
PGD–GRR	Punta Gorda to Grand Rapids	35	54.3%	28.4 min	0.0%
PGD–FNT	Punta Gorda to Flint	31	61.3%	15.9 min	0.0%
PGD–SBN	Punta Gorda to South Bend	29	82.8%	5.0 min	0.0%
PGD–PIA	Punta Gorda to Peoria	28	82.1%	2.1 min	0.0%
PGD–CVG	Punta Gorda to Cincinnati	27	74.1%	-4.4 min	3.7%
PGD–DSM	Punta Gorda to Des Moines	24	75.0%	4.3 min	0.0%
PGD–ATW	Punta Gorda to Appleton	22	63.6%	11.1 min	0.0%
PGD–ABE	Punta Gorda to Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton	21	85.7%	-1.0 min	0.0%
PGD–FWA	Punta Gorda to Fort Wayne	21	85.7%	1.0 min	0.0%
PGD–IAG	Punta Gorda to Niagara Falls	21	76.2%	4.1 min	0.0%
PGD–IND	Punta Gorda to Indianapolis	21	61.9%	29.4 min	4.8%
PGD–RFD	Punta Gorda to Rockford	20	80.0%	0.7 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), January 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	24.1%	37.3%	2,757
Late-arriving aircraft	48.0%	35.0%	5,507
National Aviation System	20.4%	18.0%	2,340
Extreme weather	7.5%	9.6%	858
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

11,462 delay minutes on 156 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 January 2026?

73.8% of 682 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 75.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.6% and 75.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In January 2025, 74.1% of 714 departures left on time and 1.1% were cancelled, against 73.8% and 1.5% in January 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2026; 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.