St Pete Clearwater International in May 2024

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 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 668 domestic departures from St Pete Clearwater International (PIE). 77.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 77.7% reached their destination on time; 0.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 73.4% of flights departed on time and 72.3% arrived on time, so PIE departures were 4.4 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at PIE that month were on time 73.3% of the time (670 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 36%, late-arriving aircraft 34% and national aviation system 26%.

On time 77.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 21.9%
Cancelled 0.3%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	May 2024	Year earlier	PIE, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, May 2024
Departed on time	77.8%	—	78.7%	73.4%
Arrived on time	77.7%	—	76.3%	72.3%
Cancelled	0.3%	—	0.6%	1.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	20.2 min	—	15.5 min	20.8 min
Scheduled departures a day	22	—	25	20,325
Scheduled departures	668	—	9,050	609,743

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
G4 Allegiant Air	668	100%	77.7%	11.8 min	0.3%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
PIE–TYS	St. Petersburg to Knoxville	38	65.8%	12.3 min	0.0%
PIE–AVL	St. Petersburg to Asheville	34	85.3%	-0.6 min	0.0%
PIE–CVG	St. Petersburg to Cincinnati	30	63.3%	74.9 min	0.0%
PIE–GRR	St. Petersburg to Grand Rapids	23	82.6%	-0.5 min	0.0%
PIE–ABE	St. Petersburg to Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton	20	80.0%	3.5 min	0.0%
PIE–FNT	St. Petersburg to Flint	19	68.4%	6.7 min	0.0%
PIE–SGF	St. Petersburg to Springfield	18	77.8%	-1.2 min	0.0%
PIE–IND	St. Petersburg to Indianapolis	17	76.5%	1.8 min	0.0%
PIE–USA	St. Petersburg to Concord	17	82.4%	16.6 min	0.0%
PIE–LEX	St. Petersburg to Lexington	16	62.5%	22.7 min	0.0%
PIE–FWA	St. Petersburg to Fort Wayne	15	53.3%	30.5 min	6.7%
PIE–HTS	St. Petersburg to Ashland	15	60.0%	27.7 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 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, May 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	36.0%	29.8%	4,637
Late-arriving aircraft	33.6%	43.0%	4,325
National Aviation System	25.9%	20.1%	3,333
Extreme weather	4.6%	7.0%	590
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

12,885 delay minutes on 146 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 May 2024?

77.8% of 668 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 77.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 73.4% and 72.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

May 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 May 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.