Punta Gorda Airport in March 2026

71.9%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 March 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 939 domestic departures from Punta Gorda Airport (PGD). 71.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 72.5% reached their destination on time; 2.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 72.8% of flights departed on time and 73.2% arrived on time, so PGD departures were 0.9 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in March 2025, the airport had 1,026 departures with 81.4% leaving on time: a change of −9.5 points, with flights down 8%.

Flights arriving at PGD that month were on time 66.9% of the time (942 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 29%, extreme weather 29% and air carrier 22%.

On time 72.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 24.9%
Cancelled 2.0%
Diverted 0.5%

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

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

Measure	Mar 2026	Mar 2025	PGD, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2026
Departed on time	71.9%	81.4%	78.4%	72.8%
Arrived on time	72.5%	81.1%	78.3%	73.2%
Cancelled	2.0%	0.3%	0.6%	2.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	27.9 min	15.7 min	16.0 min	20.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	31	34	20	20,403
Scheduled departures	939	1,026	7,374	612,102

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
G4 Allegiant Air	939	100%	72.5%	17.5 min	2.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
PGD–GRR	Punta Gorda to Grand Rapids	57	68.4%	13.7 min	0.0%
PGD–FNT	Punta Gorda to Flint	51	72.5%	19.4 min	0.0%
PGD–CVG	Punta Gorda to Cincinnati	48	70.8%	26.3 min	0.0%
PGD–ATW	Punta Gorda to Appleton	41	70.7%	2.8 min	9.8%
PGD–IND	Punta Gorda to Indianapolis	34	67.6%	47.8 min	0.0%
PGD–FWA	Punta Gorda to Fort Wayne	32	84.4%	14.7 min	0.0%
PGD–BLV	Punta Gorda to Belleville	30	63.3%	74.0 min	0.0%
PGD–SBN	Punta Gorda to South Bend	28	64.3%	23.0 min	7.1%
PGD–DSM	Punta Gorda to Des Moines	27	70.4%	17.4 min	3.7%
PGD–ABE	Punta Gorda to Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton	26	88.5%	9.3 min	0.0%
PGD–CID	Punta Gorda to Cedar Rapids/Iowa City	26	84.6%	-7.0 min	3.8%
PGD–PSM	Punta Gorda to Portsmouth	26	65.4%	21.2 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), March 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	22.1%	33.5%	5,265
Late-arriving aircraft	29.3%	39.3%	6,992
National Aviation System	20.2%	21.0%	4,816
Extreme weather	28.5%	5.9%	6,800
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

23,873 delay minutes on 234 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 March 2026?

71.9% of 939 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 72.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.8% and 73.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In March 2025, 81.4% of 1,026 departures left on time and 0.3% were cancelled, against 71.9% and 2.0% in March 2026.

Provenance

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