Punta Gorda Airport in February 2026

83.7%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 February 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 710 domestic departures from Punta Gorda Airport (PGD). 83.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.7% reached their destination on time; 0.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.1% of flights departed on time and 78.3% arrived on time, so PGD departures were 5.6 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2025, the airport had 759 departures with 74.3% leaving on time: a change of +9.4 points, with flights down 6%.

Flights arriving at PGD that month were on time 81.4% of the time (710 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 37%, air carrier 34% and national aviation system 20%.

On time 81.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.2%
Cancelled 0.7%
Diverted 0.4%

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

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

Measure	Feb 2026	Feb 2025	PGD, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2026
Departed on time	83.7%	74.3%	78.4%	78.1%
Arrived on time	81.7%	79.1%	78.3%	78.3%
Cancelled	0.7%	0.8%	0.6%	2.3%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	9.3 min	16.2 min	16.0 min	15.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	24	25	20	17,168
Scheduled departures	710	759	7,374	515,037

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
G4 Allegiant Air	710	100%	81.7%	0.2 min	0.7%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
PGD–GRR	Punta Gorda to Grand Rapids	41	70.7%	4.9 min	0.0%
PGD–FNT	Punta Gorda to Flint	38	81.6%	-1.8 min	2.6%
PGD–CVG	Punta Gorda to Cincinnati	32	78.1%	4.3 min	0.0%
PGD–FWA	Punta Gorda to Fort Wayne	26	88.5%	-10.9 min	0.0%
PGD–SBN	Punta Gorda to South Bend	24	75.0%	9.8 min	0.0%
PGD–ATW	Punta Gorda to Appleton	23	91.3%	-7.0 min	0.0%
PGD–DSM	Punta Gorda to Des Moines	23	87.0%	-4.0 min	0.0%
PGD–ABE	Punta Gorda to Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton	22	100.0%	-3.9 min	0.0%
PGD–PSM	Punta Gorda to Portsmouth	22	77.3%	-4.0 min	4.5%
PGD–ALB	Punta Gorda to Albany	21	95.2%	-12.8 min	0.0%
PGD–CID	Punta Gorda to Cedar Rapids/Iowa City	21	95.2%	-12.9 min	0.0%
PGD–IAG	Punta Gorda to Niagara Falls	21	90.5%	-8.1 min	4.8%

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), February 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	34.1%	38.2%	2,086
Late-arriving aircraft	37.3%	37.2%	2,287
National Aviation System	19.9%	18.5%	1,220
Extreme weather	8.7%	6.0%	532
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

6,125 delay minutes on 122 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 February 2026?

83.7% of 710 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.1% and 78.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2025, 74.3% of 759 departures left on time and 0.8% were cancelled, against 83.7% and 0.7% in February 2026.

Provenance

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