St Pete Clearwater International in August 2023

82.6%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 August 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 581 domestic departures from St Pete Clearwater International (PIE). 82.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 79.9% reached their destination on time; 0.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 76.9% arrived on time, so PIE departures were 5.9 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at PIE that month were on time 76.1% of the time (581 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 33%, extreme weather 27% and late-arriving aircraft 25%.

On time 79.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.1%
Cancelled 0.9%
Diverted 0.2%

Every scheduled departure from PIE in August 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

August 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Aug 2023	Year earlier	PIE, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2023
Departed on time	82.6%	—	78.7%	76.7%
Arrived on time	79.9%	—	76.3%	76.9%
Cancelled	0.9%	—	0.6%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	9.8 min	—	15.5 min	17.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	19	—	25	20,100
Scheduled departures	581	—	9,050	602,987

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
G4 Allegiant Air	581	100%	79.9%	3.3 min	0.9%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
PIE–AVL	St. Petersburg to Asheville	35	74.3%	4.9 min	0.0%
PIE–TYS	St. Petersburg to Knoxville	33	66.7%	13.2 min	3.0%
PIE–CVG	St. Petersburg to Cincinnati	26	73.1%	3.0 min	0.0%
PIE–ABE	St. Petersburg to Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton	25	76.0%	7.8 min	0.0%
PIE–GRR	St. Petersburg to Grand Rapids	19	84.2%	6.3 min	0.0%
PIE–HTS	St. Petersburg to Ashland	17	70.6%	2.0 min	5.9%
PIE–USA	St. Petersburg to Concord	17	64.7%	19.5 min	0.0%
PIE–BNA	St. Petersburg to Nashville	16	75.0%	13.3 min	6.3%
PIE–FNT	St. Petersburg to Flint	16	93.8%	-5.9 min	0.0%
PIE–LEX	St. Petersburg to Lexington	16	93.8%	0.6 min	0.0%
PIE–SGF	St. Petersburg to Springfield	15	93.3%	-7.9 min	0.0%
PIE–IND	St. Petersburg to Indianapolis	13	84.6%	5.5 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), August 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	32.8%	36.7%	1,835
Late-arriving aircraft	24.8%	42.2%	1,389
National Aviation System	15.1%	15.7%	845
Extreme weather	27.3%	5.1%	1,525
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

5,594 delay minutes on 111 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 PIE on time in August 2023?

82.6% of 581 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 79.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 76.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

August 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for PIE · methodology · corrections.