St Pete Clearwater International in April 2026

83.4%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 April 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 752 domestic departures from St Pete Clearwater International (PIE). 83.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 82.6% reached their destination on time; 0.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.1% of flights departed on time and 78.9% arrived on time, so PIE departures were 4.3 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in April 2025, the airport had 826 departures with 77.8% leaving on time: a change of +5.6 points, with flights down 9%.

Flights arriving at PIE that month were on time 74.7% of the time (752 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 50%, national aviation system 18% and air carrier 17%.

On time 82.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.3%
Cancelled 0.1%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Apr 2026	Apr 2025	PIE, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Apr 2026
Departed on time	83.4%	77.8%	78.7%	79.1%
Arrived on time	82.6%	76.5%	76.3%	78.9%
Cancelled	0.1%	0.1%	0.6%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	9.4 min	16.8 min	15.5 min	14.5 min
Scheduled departures a day	25	28	25	19,931
Scheduled departures	752	826	9,050	597,919

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
G4 Allegiant Air	752	100%	82.6%	1.5 min	0.1%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
PIE–TYS	St. Petersburg to Knoxville	45	84.4%	1.1 min	0.0%
PIE–GRR	St. Petersburg to Grand Rapids	39	82.1%	3.8 min	0.0%
PIE–AVL	St. Petersburg to Asheville	32	75.0%	9.7 min	0.0%
PIE–FNT	St. Petersburg to Flint	27	55.6%	11.7 min	0.0%
PIE–BGR	St. Petersburg to Bangor	26	84.6%	-2.6 min	0.0%
PIE–EYW	St. Petersburg to Key West	26	84.6%	-1.2 min	0.0%
PIE–CVG	St. Petersburg to Cincinnati	25	88.0%	0.0 min	0.0%
PIE–ABE	St. Petersburg to Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton	23	87.0%	3.9 min	0.0%
PIE–ATW	St. Petersburg to Appleton	17	100.0%	-11.1 min	0.0%
PIE–FWA	St. Petersburg to Fort Wayne	17	70.6%	7.6 min	0.0%
PIE–USA	St. Petersburg to Concord	17	76.5%	11.1 min	0.0%
PIE–ALB	St. Petersburg to Albany	16	75.0%	10.3 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), April 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Apr 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	16.9%	33.5%	1,151
Late-arriving aircraft	50.2%	40.4%	3,416
National Aviation System	17.6%	21.0%	1,197
Extreme weather	15.1%	5.0%	1,029
Security	0.1%	0.1%	9

6,802 delay minutes on 130 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 April 2026?

83.4% of 752 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 82.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.1% and 78.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In April 2025, 77.8% of 826 departures left on time and 0.1% were cancelled, against 83.4% and 0.1% in April 2026.

Provenance

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