Punta Gorda Airport in April 2026

80.7%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 April 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 667 domestic departures from Punta Gorda Airport (PGD). 80.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 82.2% reached their destination on time; 0.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.1% of flights departed on time and 78.9% arrived on time, so PGD departures were 1.6 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in April 2025, the airport had 777 departures with 84.2% leaving on time: a change of −3.5 points, with flights down 14%.

Flights arriving at PGD that month were on time 80.4% of the time (667 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 39%, late-arriving aircraft 34% and national aviation system 15%.

On time 82.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.5%
Cancelled 0.1%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Apr 2026	Apr 2025	PGD, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Apr 2026
Departed on time	80.7%	84.2%	78.4%	79.1%
Arrived on time	82.2%	84.9%	78.3%	78.9%
Cancelled	0.1%	0.0%	0.6%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	11.4 min	11.0 min	16.0 min	14.5 min
Scheduled departures a day	22	26	20	19,931
Scheduled departures	667	777	7,374	597,919

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
G4 Allegiant Air	667	100%	82.2%	1.2 min	0.1%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
PGD–GRR	Punta Gorda to Grand Rapids	44	86.4%	-8.1 min	0.0%
PGD–FNT	Punta Gorda to Flint	32	59.4%	17.7 min	0.0%
PGD–ATW	Punta Gorda to Appleton	29	86.2%	9.3 min	3.4%
PGD–PSM	Punta Gorda to Portsmouth	29	89.7%	-5.8 min	0.0%
PGD–CVG	Punta Gorda to Cincinnati	25	84.0%	-1.9 min	0.0%
PGD–ABE	Punta Gorda to Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton	23	82.6%	-0.5 min	0.0%
PGD–IAG	Punta Gorda to Niagara Falls	22	95.5%	-4.5 min	0.0%
PGD–SBN	Punta Gorda to South Bend	22	81.8%	2.2 min	0.0%
PGD–ALB	Punta Gorda to Albany	21	95.2%	-6.0 min	0.0%
PGD–FWA	Punta Gorda to Fort Wayne	21	71.4%	9.1 min	0.0%
PGD–RFD	Punta Gorda to Rockford	20	85.0%	0.8 min	0.0%
PGD–PIA	Punta Gorda to Peoria	17	94.1%	-6.2 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), April 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Apr 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	39.4%	33.5%	2,687
Late-arriving aircraft	33.8%	40.4%	2,305
National Aviation System	14.9%	21.0%	1,014
Extreme weather	12.0%	5.0%	819
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

6,825 delay minutes on 117 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 April 2026?

80.7% of 667 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 82.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.1% and 78.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In April 2025, 84.2% of 777 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 80.7% and 0.1% in April 2026.

Provenance

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