St Pete Clearwater International in December 2024

75.2%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 December 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 807 domestic departures from St Pete Clearwater International (PIE). 75.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 74.1% reached their destination on time; 1.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.8% of flights departed on time and 78.1% arrived on time, so PIE departures were 2.6 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in December 2023, the airport had 627 departures with 83.3% leaving on time: a change of −8.1 points, with flights up 29%.

Flights arriving at PIE that month were on time 68.9% of the time (805 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 49%, air carrier 27% and national aviation system 17%.

On time 74.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 23.5%
Cancelled 1.9%
Diverted 0.5%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2024	Dec 2023	PIE, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2024
Departed on time	75.2%	83.3%	78.7%	77.8%
Arrived on time	74.1%	85.8%	76.3%	78.1%
Cancelled	1.9%	0.3%	0.6%	0.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	18.1 min	12.7 min	15.5 min	16.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	27	21	25	19,686
Scheduled departures	807	627	9,050	590,581

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
G4 Allegiant Air	807	100%	74.1%	9.9 min	1.9%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
PIE–GRR	St. Petersburg to Grand Rapids	42	69.0%	9.8 min	2.4%
PIE–TYS	St. Petersburg to Knoxville	42	64.3%	21.0 min	0.0%
PIE–AVL	St. Petersburg to Asheville	40	65.0%	13.4 min	2.5%
PIE–ABE	St. Petersburg to Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton	30	73.3%	9.7 min	3.3%
PIE–ATW	St. Petersburg to Appleton	26	65.4%	13.3 min	7.7%
PIE–EYW	St. Petersburg to Key West	25	88.0%	-11.1 min	0.0%
PIE–FNT	St. Petersburg to Flint	24	70.8%	19.5 min	0.0%
PIE–IND	St. Petersburg to Indianapolis	24	79.2%	10.8 min	0.0%
PIE–CVG	St. Petersburg to Cincinnati	22	59.1%	15.4 min	0.0%
PIE–USA	St. Petersburg to Concord	19	63.2%	13.7 min	0.0%
PIE–BGR	St. Petersburg to Bangor	18	83.3%	9.4 min	0.0%
PIE–CID	St. Petersburg to Cedar Rapids/Iowa City	18	61.1%	20.2 min	5.6%

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), December 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	27.2%	34.3%	3,950
Late-arriving aircraft	49.4%	40.2%	7,177
National Aviation System	16.6%	17.8%	2,407
Extreme weather	6.9%	7.5%	1,002
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

14,536 delay minutes on 190 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 December 2024?

75.2% of 807 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 74.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.8% and 78.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In December 2023, 83.3% of 627 departures left on time and 0.3% were cancelled, against 75.2% and 1.9% in December 2024.

Provenance

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