St Pete Clearwater International in January 2026

81.4%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 January 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 633 domestic departures from St Pete Clearwater International (PIE). 81.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 78.0% reached their destination on time; 2.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.6% of flights departed on time and 75.3% arrived on time, so PIE departures were 5.8 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in January 2025, the airport had 654 departures with 83.5% leaving on time: a change of −2.1 points, with flights down 3%.

Flights arriving at PIE that month were on time 71.9% of the time (633 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 50%, extreme weather 19% and national aviation system 17%.

On time 78.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.0%
Cancelled 2.7%
Diverted 0.3%

Every scheduled departure from PIE in January 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jan 2026	Jan 2025	PIE, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2026
Departed on time	81.4%	83.5%	78.7%	75.6%
Arrived on time	78.0%	84.6%	76.3%	75.3%
Cancelled	2.7%	0.8%	0.6%	4.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	13.0 min	11.3 min	15.5 min	16.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	21	22	25	18,133
Scheduled departures	633	654	9,050	544,003

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
G4 Allegiant Air	633	100%	78.0%	3.7 min	2.7%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
PIE–AVL	St. Petersburg to Asheville	35	80.0%	6.2 min	2.9%
PIE–GRR	St. Petersburg to Grand Rapids	34	70.6%	3.5 min	0.0%
PIE–TYS	St. Petersburg to Knoxville	32	71.9%	5.4 min	6.3%
PIE–EYW	St. Petersburg to Key West	26	80.8%	-2.4 min	0.0%
PIE–CVG	St. Petersburg to Cincinnati	20	70.0%	21.3 min	5.0%
PIE–ABE	St. Petersburg to Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton	19	68.4%	8.1 min	5.3%
PIE–USA	St. Petersburg to Concord	19	73.7%	1.4 min	10.5%
PIE–FNT	St. Petersburg to Flint	18	61.1%	12.2 min	0.0%
PIE–CID	St. Petersburg to Cedar Rapids/Iowa City	17	88.2%	-8.5 min	0.0%
PIE–IND	St. Petersburg to Indianapolis	17	64.7%	47.9 min	0.0%
PIE–ATW	St. Petersburg to Appleton	16	81.3%	5.4 min	0.0%
PIE–BLV	St. Petersburg to Belleville	15	80.0%	4.7 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), January 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	14.7%	37.3%	1,245
Late-arriving aircraft	49.5%	35.0%	4,203
National Aviation System	17.1%	18.0%	1,454
Extreme weather	18.6%	9.6%	1,582
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

8,484 delay minutes on 120 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 January 2026?

81.4% of 633 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 78.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.6% and 75.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In January 2025, 83.5% of 654 departures left on time and 0.8% were cancelled, against 81.4% and 2.7% in January 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2026; 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.