St Pete Clearwater International in October 2023

85.3%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 October 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 648 domestic departures from St Pete Clearwater International (PIE). 85.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 83.6% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.8% of flights departed on time and 84.0% arrived on time, so PIE departures were 1.5 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at PIE that month were on time 84.0% of the time (649 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 38%, air carrier 35% and national aviation system 16%.

On time 83.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 16.4%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2023	Year earlier	PIE, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2023
Departed on time	85.3%	—	78.7%	83.8%
Arrived on time	83.6%	—	76.3%	84.0%
Cancelled	0.0%	—	0.6%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	9.8 min	—	15.5 min	11.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	22	—	25	19,966
Scheduled departures	648	—	9,050	598,968

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
G4 Allegiant Air	648	100%	83.6%	2.7 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
PIE–AVL	St. Petersburg to Asheville	54	77.8%	15.0 min	0.0%
PIE–TYS	St. Petersburg to Knoxville	41	65.9%	18.8 min	0.0%
PIE–IND	St. Petersburg to Indianapolis	31	90.3%	-4.2 min	0.0%
PIE–CVG	St. Petersburg to Cincinnati	29	55.2%	13.5 min	0.0%
PIE–GRR	St. Petersburg to Grand Rapids	29	89.7%	-0.8 min	0.0%
PIE–ABE	St. Petersburg to Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton	28	85.7%	6.8 min	0.0%
PIE–SYR	St. Petersburg to Syracuse	18	100.0%	-8.4 min	0.0%
PIE–USA	St. Petersburg to Concord	18	77.8%	4.7 min	0.0%
PIE–FWA	St. Petersburg to Fort Wayne	17	88.2%	-3.4 min	0.0%
PIE–BGR	St. Petersburg to Bangor	16	93.8%	-5.6 min	0.0%
PIE–HTS	St. Petersburg to Ashland	16	75.0%	5.1 min	0.0%
PIE–LEX	St. Petersburg to Lexington	16	93.8%	-4.2 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), October 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	34.8%	41.3%	2,187
Late-arriving aircraft	37.5%	40.5%	2,360
National Aviation System	16.4%	14.4%	1,031
Extreme weather	11.3%	3.7%	713
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

6,291 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 PIE on time in October 2023?

85.3% of 648 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 83.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.8% and 84.0%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

October 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 October 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.