Punta Gorda Airport in May 2026

77.8%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 May 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 550 domestic departures from Punta Gorda Airport (PGD). 77.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 79.8% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.1% of flights departed on time and 77.6% arrived on time, so PGD departures were 0.7 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in May 2025, the airport had 549 departures with 78.0% leaving on time: a change of −0.2 points, with flights up 0%.

Flights arriving at PGD that month were on time 77.6% of the time (550 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 47%, late-arriving aircraft 36% and extreme weather 9%.

On time 79.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.3%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.9%

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

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

Measure	May 2026	May 2025	PGD, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, May 2026
Departed on time	77.8%	78.0%	78.4%	77.1%
Arrived on time	79.8%	77.4%	78.3%	77.6%
Cancelled	0.0%	0.0%	0.6%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	16.2 min	15.8 min	16.0 min	16.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	18	18	20	20,391
Scheduled departures	550	549	7,374	611,735

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
G4 Allegiant Air	550	100%	79.8%	5.1 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
PGD–CVG	Punta Gorda to Cincinnati	31	48.4%	27.5 min	0.0%
PGD–GRR	Punta Gorda to Grand Rapids	24	75.0%	-3.2 min	0.0%
PGD–FNT	Punta Gorda to Flint	23	60.9%	29.7 min	0.0%
PGD–PSM	Punta Gorda to Portsmouth	22	72.7%	18.0 min	0.0%
PGD–BLV	Punta Gorda to Belleville	19	94.7%	-14.1 min	0.0%
PGD–ABE	Punta Gorda to Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton	18	88.9%	-0.2 min	0.0%
PGD–IND	Punta Gorda to Indianapolis	18	72.2%	3.1 min	0.0%
PGD–RFD	Punta Gorda to Rockford	18	94.4%	-13.0 min	0.0%
PGD–SBN	Punta Gorda to South Bend	18	100.0%	-12.6 min	0.0%
PGD–AVL	Punta Gorda to Asheville	17	52.9%	36.8 min	0.0%
PGD–FWA	Punta Gorda to Fort Wayne	17	82.4%	-7.4 min	0.0%
PGD–PIT	Punta Gorda to Pittsburgh	15	93.3%	-5.4 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), May 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, May 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	46.8%	33.0%	3,596
Late-arriving aircraft	36.2%	40.4%	2,779
National Aviation System	8.3%	20.5%	638
Extreme weather	8.7%	6.0%	670
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

7,683 delay minutes on 106 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 May 2026?

77.8% of 550 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 79.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.1% and 77.6%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In May 2025, 78.0% of 549 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 77.8% and 0.0% in May 2026.

Provenance

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