St Pete Clearwater International in February 2026

84.0%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 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 661 domestic departures from St Pete Clearwater International (PIE). 84.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.3% reached their destination on time; 0.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.1% of flights departed on time and 78.3% arrived on time, so PIE departures were 5.9 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2025, the airport had 722 departures with 73.1% leaving on time: a change of +10.9 points, with flights down 8%.

Flights arriving at PIE that month were on time 75.2% of the time (662 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, national aviation system 37%, late-arriving aircraft 36% and air carrier 17%.

On time 80.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.3%
Cancelled 0.6%
Diverted 0.8%

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

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

Measure	Feb 2026	Feb 2025	PIE, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2026
Departed on time	84.0%	73.1%	78.7%	78.1%
Arrived on time	80.3%	73.3%	76.3%	78.3%
Cancelled	0.6%	2.2%	0.6%	2.3%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	12.6 min	21.9 min	15.5 min	15.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	22	24	25	17,168
Scheduled departures	661	722	9,050	515,037

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
G4 Allegiant Air	661	100%	80.3%	5.1 min	0.6%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
PIE–GRR	St. Petersburg to Grand Rapids	36	77.8%	-0.9 min	0.0%
PIE–TYS	St. Petersburg to Knoxville	36	86.1%	0.7 min	0.0%
PIE–AVL	St. Petersburg to Asheville	29	62.1%	9.3 min	3.4%
PIE–FNT	St. Petersburg to Flint	25	68.0%	5.5 min	0.0%
PIE–CVG	St. Petersburg to Cincinnati	24	79.2%	2.8 min	0.0%
PIE–EYW	St. Petersburg to Key West	24	83.3%	-7.5 min	0.0%
PIE–ABE	St. Petersburg to Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton	20	80.0%	39.5 min	0.0%
PIE–BGR	St. Petersburg to Bangor	18	77.8%	1.0 min	0.0%
PIE–ALB	St. Petersburg to Albany	16	87.5%	-0.2 min	0.0%
PIE–SYR	St. Petersburg to Syracuse	16	93.8%	-8.0 min	0.0%
PIE–USA	St. Petersburg to Concord	16	75.0%	14.7 min	0.0%
PIE–ATW	St. Petersburg to Appleton	15	80.0%	8.1 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 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	17.3%	38.2%	1,445
Late-arriving aircraft	35.9%	37.2%	3,002
National Aviation System	37.0%	18.5%	3,093
Extreme weather	9.7%	6.0%	811
Security	0.2%	0.2%	13

8,364 delay minutes on 121 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 2026?

84.0% of 661 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.1% and 78.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2025, 73.1% of 722 departures left on time and 2.2% were cancelled, against 84.0% and 0.6% in February 2026.

Provenance

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