St Pete Clearwater International in December 2025

70.9%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 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 786 domestic departures from St Pete Clearwater International (PIE). 70.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 67.7% reached their destination on time; 1.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 72.0% of flights departed on time and 71.9% arrived on time, so PIE departures were 1.1 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in December 2024, the airport had 807 departures with 75.2% leaving on time: a change of −4.3 points, with flights down 3%.

Flights arriving at PIE that month were on time 56.6% of the time (786 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 54%, air carrier 23% and national aviation system 18%.

On time 67.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 30.5%
Cancelled 1.5%
Diverted 0.3%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2025	Dec 2024	PIE, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2025
Departed on time	70.9%	75.2%	78.7%	72.0%
Arrived on time	67.7%	74.1%	76.3%	71.9%
Cancelled	1.5%	1.9%	0.6%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	19.3 min	18.1 min	15.5 min	21.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	26	27	25	19,410
Scheduled departures	786	807	9,050	582,304

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
G4 Allegiant Air	786	100%	67.7%	15.4 min	1.5%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
PIE–AVL	St. Petersburg to Asheville	48	72.9%	9.7 min	0.0%
PIE–TYS	St. Petersburg to Knoxville	42	57.1%	29.9 min	0.0%
PIE–GRR	St. Petersburg to Grand Rapids	41	78.0%	7.4 min	0.0%
PIE–ABE	St. Petersburg to Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton	29	75.9%	24.1 min	3.4%
PIE–EYW	St. Petersburg to Key West	27	63.0%	13.0 min	3.7%
PIE–ATW	St. Petersburg to Appleton	24	66.7%	13.7 min	0.0%
PIE–FNT	St. Petersburg to Flint	24	54.2%	18.2 min	0.0%
PIE–IND	St. Petersburg to Indianapolis	24	70.8%	18.8 min	0.0%
PIE–CVG	St. Petersburg to Cincinnati	22	63.6%	11.5 min	0.0%
PIE–USA	St. Petersburg to Concord	19	47.4%	27.2 min	0.0%
PIE–FWA	St. Petersburg to Fort Wayne	18	44.4%	42.9 min	0.0%
PIE–MDT	St. Petersburg to Harrisburg	18	44.4%	18.6 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 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	23.3%	33.3%	3,747
Late-arriving aircraft	53.9%	41.1%	8,677
National Aviation System	17.7%	19.1%	2,852
Extreme weather	5.1%	6.4%	815
Security	0.1%	0.2%	16

16,107 delay minutes on 240 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 2025?

70.9% of 786 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 67.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.0% and 71.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In December 2024, 75.2% of 807 departures left on time and 1.9% were cancelled, against 70.9% and 1.5% in December 2025.

Provenance

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