St Pete Clearwater International in August 2024

74.2%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 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 670 domestic departures from St Pete Clearwater International (PIE). 74.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 74.5% reached their destination on time; 2.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.4% of flights departed on time and 74.7% arrived on time, so PIE departures were 1.2 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in August 2023, the airport had 581 departures with 82.6% leaving on time: a change of −8.4 points, with flights up 15%.

Flights arriving at PIE that month were on time 70.0% of the time (669 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, extreme weather 31%, air carrier 29% and late-arriving aircraft 29%.

On time 74.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 22.2%
Cancelled 2.8%
Diverted 0.4%

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

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

Measure	Aug 2024	Aug 2023	PIE, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2024
Departed on time	74.2%	82.6%	78.7%	75.4%
Arrived on time	74.5%	79.9%	76.3%	74.7%
Cancelled	2.8%	0.9%	0.6%	2.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	22.8 min	9.8 min	15.5 min	18.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	22	19	25	20,634
Scheduled departures	670	581	9,050	619,025

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
G4 Allegiant Air	670	100%	74.5%	13.5 min	2.8%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
PIE–AVL	St. Petersburg to Asheville	47	66.0%	19.7 min	0.0%
PIE–TYS	St. Petersburg to Knoxville	44	72.7%	21.0 min	4.5%
PIE–CVG	St. Petersburg to Cincinnati	29	75.9%	40.5 min	0.0%
PIE–ABE	St. Petersburg to Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton	24	70.8%	11.8 min	4.2%
PIE–GRR	St. Petersburg to Grand Rapids	21	95.2%	-4.3 min	0.0%
PIE–HTS	St. Petersburg to Ashland	19	63.2%	51.5 min	5.3%
PIE–LEX	St. Petersburg to Lexington	18	72.2%	15.0 min	0.0%
PIE–USA	St. Petersburg to Concord	18	66.7%	2.5 min	11.1%
PIE–DSM	St. Petersburg to Des Moines	16	68.8%	1.6 min	6.3%
PIE–EYW	St. Petersburg to Key West	16	81.3%	20.9 min	0.0%
PIE–BGR	St. Petersburg to Bangor	15	86.7%	-3.3 min	0.0%
PIE–BLV	St. Petersburg to Belleville	15	73.3%	-3.5 min	6.7%

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), August 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	29.1%	33.8%	4,177
Late-arriving aircraft	29.0%	39.8%	4,163
National Aviation System	10.7%	20.4%	1,534
Extreme weather	31.3%	5.9%	4,502
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

14,376 delay minutes on 149 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 2024?

74.2% of 670 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 74.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.4% and 74.7%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In August 2023, 82.6% of 581 departures left on time and 0.9% were cancelled, against 74.2% and 2.8% in August 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 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.