St Pete Clearwater International in September 2024

74.1%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 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 479 domestic departures from St Pete Clearwater International (PIE). 74.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 73.5% reached their destination on time; 7.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.4% of flights departed on time and 83.9% arrived on time, so PIE departures were 10.3 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in September 2023, the airport had 455 departures with 81.8% leaving on time: a change of −7.7 points, with flights up 5%.

Flights arriving at PIE that month were on time 72.0% of the time (479 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 37%, extreme weather 27% and late-arriving aircraft 26%.

On time 73.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.6%
Cancelled 7.3%
Diverted 0.6%

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

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

Measure	Sep 2024	Sep 2023	PIE, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2024
Departed on time	74.1%	81.8%	78.7%	84.4%
Arrived on time	73.5%	82.0%	76.3%	83.9%
Cancelled	7.3%	0.2%	0.6%	0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	16.6 min	11.0 min	15.5 min	10.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	16	15	25	19,421
Scheduled departures	479	455	9,050	582,622

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
G4 Allegiant Air	479	100%	73.5%	6.3 min	7.3%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
PIE–AVL	St. Petersburg to Asheville	41	75.6%	-2.6 min	12.2%
PIE–TYS	St. Petersburg to Knoxville	36	75.0%	14.9 min	8.3%
PIE–CVG	St. Petersburg to Cincinnati	19	57.9%	10.6 min	5.3%
PIE–USA	St. Petersburg to Concord	19	84.2%	-1.2 min	5.3%
PIE–GRR	St. Petersburg to Grand Rapids	18	77.8%	-5.6 min	5.6%
PIE–EYW	St. Petersburg to Key West	17	64.7%	14.6 min	0.0%
PIE–ABE	St. Petersburg to Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton	15	86.7%	-7.4 min	6.7%
PIE–LEX	St. Petersburg to Lexington	14	57.1%	10.8 min	7.1%
PIE–FNT	St. Petersburg to Flint	13	61.5%	4.8 min	7.7%
PIE–IND	St. Petersburg to Indianapolis	13	69.2%	0.4 min	15.4%
PIE–MDT	St. Petersburg to Harrisburg	13	76.9%	-2.6 min	0.0%
PIE–BGR	St. Petersburg to Bangor	12	83.3%	-7.4 min	8.3%

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), September 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	37.3%	38.6%	2,653
Late-arriving aircraft	26.0%	38.4%	1,852
National Aviation System	9.5%	18.2%	674
Extreme weather	27.3%	4.8%	1,940
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

7,119 delay minutes on 89 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 2024?

74.1% of 479 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 73.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.4% and 83.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In September 2023, 81.8% of 455 departures left on time and 0.2% were cancelled, against 74.1% and 7.3% in September 2024.

Provenance

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