St Pete Clearwater International in March 2025

76.5%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 March 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 1,007 domestic departures from St Pete Clearwater International (PIE). 76.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 74.3% reached their destination on time; 0.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.9% of flights departed on time and 79.3% arrived on time, so PIE departures were 3.4 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in March 2024, the airport had 782 departures with 81.3% leaving on time: a change of −4.8 points, with flights up 29%.

Flights arriving at PIE that month were on time 68.3% of the time (1,007 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, national aviation system 38%, late-arriving aircraft 37% and air carrier 23%.

On time 74.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 24.9%
Cancelled 0.7%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Mar 2025	Mar 2024	PIE, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2025
Departed on time	76.5%	81.3%	78.7%	79.9%
Arrived on time	74.3%	79.5%	76.3%	79.3%
Cancelled	0.7%	0.8%	0.6%	1.2%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	20.1 min	12.0 min	15.5 min	14.9 min
Scheduled departures a day	34	26	25	20,029
Scheduled departures	1,007	782	9,050	600,872

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
G4 Allegiant Air	1,007	100%	74.3%	12.3 min	0.7%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
PIE–TYS	St. Petersburg to Knoxville	59	72.9%	6.3 min	1.7%
PIE–CVG	St. Petersburg to Cincinnati	56	78.6%	11.4 min	0.0%
PIE–GRR	St. Petersburg to Grand Rapids	51	84.3%	0.7 min	0.0%
PIE–AVL	St. Petersburg to Asheville	43	69.8%	14.6 min	0.0%
PIE–FNT	St. Petersburg to Flint	37	78.4%	10.5 min	0.0%
PIE–ABE	St. Petersburg to Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton	35	77.1%	8.7 min	2.9%
PIE–DSM	St. Petersburg to Des Moines	32	62.5%	25.2 min	6.3%
PIE–BGR	St. Petersburg to Bangor	30	80.0%	8.3 min	0.0%
PIE–EYW	St. Petersburg to Key West	27	88.9%	-7.5 min	0.0%
PIE–IND	St. Petersburg to Indianapolis	27	81.5%	20.1 min	0.0%
PIE–FWA	St. Petersburg to Fort Wayne	23	65.2%	12.1 min	0.0%
PIE–ATW	St. Petersburg to Appleton	22	63.6%	15.0 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), March 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	22.8%	33.0%	4,723
Late-arriving aircraft	37.3%	39.2%	7,722
National Aviation System	38.4%	21.9%	7,950
Extreme weather	1.4%	5.9%	293
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

20,688 delay minutes on 251 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 March 2025?

76.5% of 1,007 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 74.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.9% and 79.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In March 2024, 81.3% of 782 departures left on time and 0.8% were cancelled, against 76.5% and 0.7% in March 2025.

Provenance

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