St Pete Clearwater International in February 2025

73.1%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 February 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 722 domestic departures from St Pete Clearwater International (PIE). 73.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 73.3% reached their destination on time; 2.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.2% of flights departed on time and 77.9% arrived on time, so PIE departures were 6.1 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2024, the airport had 593 departures with 83.8% leaving on time: a change of −10.7 points, with flights up 22%.

Flights arriving at PIE that month were on time 63.0% of the time (722 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 55%, air carrier 20% and national aviation system 13%.

On time 73.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 23.8%
Cancelled 2.2%
Diverted 0.7%

Every scheduled departure from PIE in February 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

February 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Feb 2025	Feb 2024	PIE, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2025
Departed on time	73.1%	83.8%	78.7%	79.2%
Arrived on time	73.3%	82.1%	76.3%	77.9%
Cancelled	2.2%	0.0%	0.6%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	21.9 min	11.6 min	15.5 min	15.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	24	20	25	16,830
Scheduled departures	722	593	9,050	504,884

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
G4 Allegiant Air	722	100%	73.3%	10.6 min	2.2%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
PIE–TYS	St. Petersburg to Knoxville	40	60.0%	12.7 min	2.5%
PIE–GRR	St. Petersburg to Grand Rapids	37	75.7%	6.4 min	0.0%
PIE–AVL	St. Petersburg to Asheville	32	75.0%	20.5 min	0.0%
PIE–CVG	St. Petersburg to Cincinnati	30	80.0%	-0.6 min	6.7%
PIE–FNT	St. Petersburg to Flint	27	77.8%	14.8 min	0.0%
PIE–EYW	St. Petersburg to Key West	24	83.3%	-6.3 min	4.2%
PIE–DSM	St. Petersburg to Des Moines	23	60.9%	32.8 min	0.0%
PIE–ABE	St. Petersburg to Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton	22	77.3%	0.2 min	4.5%
PIE–BGR	St. Petersburg to Bangor	22	81.8%	-4.6 min	0.0%
PIE–ALB	St. Petersburg to Albany	19	63.2%	7.6 min	0.0%
PIE–ATW	St. Petersburg to Appleton	18	94.4%	-11.0 min	0.0%
PIE–SYR	St. Petersburg to Syracuse	18	83.3%	-9.9 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), February 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	19.9%	33.9%	2,945
Late-arriving aircraft	55.2%	36.9%	8,155
National Aviation System	12.7%	22.5%	1,872
Extreme weather	11.6%	6.6%	1,710
Security	0.6%	0.1%	93

14,775 delay minutes on 172 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 February 2025?

73.1% of 722 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 73.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.2% and 77.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2024, 83.8% of 593 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 73.1% and 2.2% in February 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for February 2025; 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.