St Pete Clearwater International in September 2023

81.8%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 September 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 455 domestic departures from St Pete Clearwater International (PIE). 81.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 82.0% reached their destination on time; 0.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.5% of flights departed on time and 80.1% arrived on time, so PIE departures were 1.3 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at PIE that month were on time 79.8% of the time (455 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 42%, national aviation system 24% and air carrier 23%.

On time 82.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.6%
Cancelled 0.2%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Sep 2023	Year earlier	PIE, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2023
Departed on time	81.8%	—	78.7%	80.5%
Arrived on time	82.0%	—	76.3%	80.1%
Cancelled	0.2%	—	0.6%	1.2%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	11.0 min	—	15.5 min	14.1 min
Scheduled departures a day	15	—	25	18,978
Scheduled departures	455	—	9,050	569,338

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
G4 Allegiant Air	455	100%	82.0%	2.2 min	0.2%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
PIE–AVL	St. Petersburg to Asheville	39	79.5%	10.6 min	0.0%
PIE–TYS	St. Petersburg to Knoxville	29	75.9%	4.4 min	0.0%
PIE–ABE	St. Petersburg to Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton	21	71.4%	22.7 min	0.0%
PIE–CVG	St. Petersburg to Cincinnati	19	63.2%	11.7 min	0.0%
PIE–USA	St. Petersburg to Concord	18	77.8%	12.9 min	0.0%
PIE–BNA	St. Petersburg to Nashville	17	64.7%	15.2 min	0.0%
PIE–GRR	St. Petersburg to Grand Rapids	17	70.6%	7.5 min	0.0%
PIE–SYR	St. Petersburg to Syracuse	17	94.1%	-12.5 min	0.0%
PIE–IND	St. Petersburg to Indianapolis	15	73.3%	11.1 min	0.0%
PIE–BGR	St. Petersburg to Bangor	13	84.6%	-13.4 min	7.7%
PIE–HTS	St. Petersburg to Ashland	13	84.6%	1.3 min	0.0%
PIE–FNT	St. Petersburg to Flint	12	66.7%	7.7 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

100

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), September 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	22.7%	36.4%	1,072
Late-arriving aircraft	41.7%	38.3%	1,970
National Aviation System	23.7%	19.9%	1,118
Extreme weather	11.9%	5.1%	564
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

4,724 delay minutes on 80 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 September 2023?

81.8% of 455 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 82.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.5% and 80.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

September 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 September 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.