St Pete Clearwater International in January 2024

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 January 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 580 domestic departures from St Pete Clearwater International (PIE). 80.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 82.2% reached their destination on time; 0.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 74.0% of flights departed on time and 72.9% arrived on time, so PIE departures were 6.7 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at PIE that month were on time 74.7% of the time (580 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 51%, air carrier 23% and national aviation system 21%.

On time 82.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 16.7%
Cancelled 0.9%
Diverted 0.2%

Every scheduled departure from PIE in January 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jan 2024	Year earlier	PIE, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2024
Departed on time	80.7%	—	78.7%	74.0%
Arrived on time	82.2%	—	76.3%	72.9%
Cancelled	0.9%	—	0.6%	3.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	17.5 min	—	15.5 min	18.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	19	—	25	18,242
Scheduled departures	580	—	9,050	547,271

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
G4 Allegiant Air	580	100%	82.2%	3.5 min	0.9%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
PIE–AVL	St. Petersburg to Asheville	41	75.6%	4.8 min	0.0%
PIE–GRR	St. Petersburg to Grand Rapids	30	60.0%	26.7 min	0.0%
PIE–TYS	St. Petersburg to Knoxville	25	56.0%	77.4 min	0.0%
PIE–CVG	St. Petersburg to Cincinnati	20	85.0%	-14.8 min	0.0%
PIE–USA	St. Petersburg to Concord	20	90.0%	-4.4 min	0.0%
PIE–FNT	St. Petersburg to Flint	18	61.1%	12.8 min	0.0%
PIE–ABE	St. Petersburg to Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton	17	82.4%	32.6 min	0.0%
PIE–ATW	St. Petersburg to Appleton	15	80.0%	-7.2 min	6.7%
PIE–IND	St. Petersburg to Indianapolis	15	80.0%	-1.3 min	0.0%
PIE–PIA	St. Petersburg to Peoria	14	100.0%	-13.3 min	0.0%
PIE–BLV	St. Petersburg to Belleville	12	66.7%	-4.0 min	8.3%
PIE–FWA	St. Petersburg to Fort Wayne	12	83.3%	-7.9 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), January 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	22.7%	32.6%	2,102
Late-arriving aircraft	50.9%	39.0%	4,721
National Aviation System	20.6%	17.9%	1,907
Extreme weather	5.9%	10.3%	548
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

9,278 delay minutes on 97 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 January 2024?

80.7% of 580 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 82.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 74.0% and 72.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

January 2023 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 January 2024; 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.