St Pete Clearwater International in March 2026

74.4%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 March 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 906 domestic departures from St Pete Clearwater International (PIE). 74.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 71.9% reached their destination on time; 1.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 72.8% of flights departed on time and 73.2% arrived on time, so PIE departures were 1.6 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in March 2025, the airport had 1,007 departures with 76.5% leaving on time: a change of −2.1 points, with flights down 10%.

Flights arriving at PIE that month were on time 64.4% of the time (907 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 49%, national aviation system 24% and air carrier 21%.

On time 71.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 26.2%
Cancelled 1.8%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Mar 2026	Mar 2025	PIE, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2026
Departed on time	74.4%	76.5%	78.7%	72.8%
Arrived on time	71.9%	74.3%	76.3%	73.2%
Cancelled	1.8%	0.7%	0.6%	2.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	17.1 min	20.1 min	15.5 min	20.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	30	34	25	20,403
Scheduled departures	906	1,007	9,050	612,102

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
G4 Allegiant Air	906	100%	71.9%	10.0 min	1.8%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
PIE–TYS	St. Petersburg to Knoxville	58	81.0%	7.4 min	0.0%
PIE–GRR	St. Petersburg to Grand Rapids	51	78.4%	7.8 min	2.0%
PIE–AVL	St. Petersburg to Asheville	41	82.9%	11.2 min	0.0%
PIE–CVG	St. Petersburg to Cincinnati	39	71.8%	20.7 min	0.0%
PIE–FNT	St. Petersburg to Flint	37	81.1%	11.9 min	0.0%
PIE–ABE	St. Petersburg to Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton	29	72.4%	7.0 min	0.0%
PIE–IND	St. Petersburg to Indianapolis	29	82.8%	1.6 min	3.4%
PIE–EYW	St. Petersburg to Key West	26	57.7%	14.9 min	3.8%
PIE–DSM	St. Petersburg to Des Moines	23	69.6%	3.8 min	4.3%
PIE–BGR	St. Petersburg to Bangor	22	68.2%	7.7 min	0.0%
PIE–FWA	St. Petersburg to Fort Wayne	22	72.7%	4.2 min	0.0%
PIE–ATW	St. Petersburg to Appleton	19	57.9%	14.3 min	10.5%

By scheduled departure hour

100

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), March 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	21.3%	33.5%	3,298
Late-arriving aircraft	49.3%	39.3%	7,629
National Aviation System	23.6%	21.0%	3,650
Extreme weather	5.7%	5.9%	880
Security	0.1%	0.2%	8

15,465 delay minutes on 237 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 2026?

74.4% of 906 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 71.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.8% and 73.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In March 2025, 76.5% of 1,007 departures left on time and 0.7% were cancelled, against 74.4% and 1.8% in March 2026.

Provenance

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