St Pete Clearwater International in October 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 October 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 631 domestic departures from St Pete Clearwater International (PIE). 74.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 75.1% reached their destination on time; 14.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.5% of flights departed on time and 85.8% arrived on time, so PIE departures were 11.3 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in October 2023, the airport had 648 departures with 85.3% leaving on time: a change of −11.1 points, with flights down 3%.

Flights arriving at PIE that month were on time 72.7% of the time (631 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 45%, extreme weather 21% and national aviation system 18%.

On time 75.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 9.4%
Cancelled 14.9%
Diverted 0.6%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2024	Oct 2023	PIE, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2024
Departed on time	74.2%	85.3%	78.7%	85.5%
Arrived on time	75.1%	83.6%	76.3%	85.8%
Cancelled	14.9%	0.0%	0.6%	1.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	9.3 min	9.8 min	15.5 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	21	22	25	20,517
Scheduled departures	631	648	9,050	615,497

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
G4 Allegiant Air	631	100%	75.1%	-2.8 min	14.9%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
PIE–TYS	St. Petersburg to Knoxville	46	73.9%	-1.2 min	15.2%
PIE–AVL	St. Petersburg to Asheville	42	71.4%	-8.7 min	23.8%
PIE–GRR	St. Petersburg to Grand Rapids	29	75.9%	-3.3 min	13.8%
PIE–IND	St. Petersburg to Indianapolis	27	77.8%	-8.4 min	18.5%
PIE–CVG	St. Petersburg to Cincinnati	26	61.5%	3.7 min	11.5%
PIE–FWA	St. Petersburg to Fort Wayne	22	81.8%	-11.1 min	13.6%
PIE–BGR	St. Petersburg to Bangor	20	80.0%	-8.5 min	15.0%
PIE–ABE	St. Petersburg to Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton	17	82.4%	-4.1 min	11.8%
PIE–EYW	St. Petersburg to Key West	17	76.5%	-11.9 min	23.5%
PIE–LEX	St. Petersburg to Lexington	17	76.5%	-2.1 min	11.8%
PIE–USA	St. Petersburg to Concord	17	82.4%	4.7 min	11.8%
PIE–ROA	St. Petersburg to Roanoke	16	75.0%	-2.2 min	12.5%

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), October 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	45.3%	42.7%	1,965
Late-arriving aircraft	15.9%	37.4%	689
National Aviation System	18.2%	16.3%	789
Extreme weather	20.6%	3.4%	891
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

4,334 delay minutes on 59 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 2024?

74.2% of 631 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 75.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.5% and 85.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2023, 85.3% of 648 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 74.2% and 14.9% in October 2024.

Provenance

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