St Pete Clearwater International in May 2026

81.8%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 May 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 790 domestic departures from St Pete Clearwater International (PIE). 81.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.4% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.1% of flights departed on time and 77.6% arrived on time, so PIE departures were 4.7 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in May 2025, the airport had 811 departures with 77.3% leaving on time: a change of +4.5 points, with flights down 3%.

Flights arriving at PIE that month were on time 73.2% of the time (790 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, national aviation system 39%, late-arriving aircraft 34% and air carrier 22%.

On time 80.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.4%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.3%

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

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

Measure	May 2026	May 2025	PIE, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, May 2026
Departed on time	81.8%	77.3%	78.7%	77.1%
Arrived on time	80.4%	75.8%	76.3%	77.6%
Cancelled	0.0%	0.0%	0.6%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	15.3 min	15.4 min	15.5 min	16.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	26	27	25	20,391
Scheduled departures	790	811	9,050	611,735

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
G4 Allegiant Air	790	100%	80.4%	7.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
PIE–TYS	St. Petersburg to Knoxville	48	85.4%	-2.5 min	0.0%
PIE–AVL	St. Petersburg to Asheville	40	77.5%	12.1 min	0.0%
PIE–CVG	St. Petersburg to Cincinnati	31	77.4%	8.9 min	0.0%
PIE–GRR	St. Petersburg to Grand Rapids	30	73.3%	1.5 min	0.0%
PIE–EYW	St. Petersburg to Key West	27	88.9%	-3.4 min	0.0%
PIE–FNT	St. Petersburg to Flint	24	87.5%	6.0 min	0.0%
PIE–ABE	St. Petersburg to Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton	21	76.2%	4.6 min	0.0%
PIE–BGR	St. Petersburg to Bangor	18	88.9%	-5.2 min	0.0%
PIE–USA	St. Petersburg to Concord	18	72.2%	7.9 min	0.0%
PIE–IND	St. Petersburg to Indianapolis	16	68.8%	-1.3 min	0.0%
PIE–DSM	St. Petersburg to Des Moines	15	80.0%	0.6 min	0.0%
PIE–FWA	St. Petersburg to Fort Wayne	15	80.0%	6.2 min	0.0%

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), May 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, May 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	22.1%	33.0%	2,609
Late-arriving aircraft	33.7%	40.4%	3,978
National Aviation System	39.1%	20.5%	4,609
Extreme weather	5.0%	6.0%	595
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

11,791 delay minutes on 153 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 May 2026?

81.8% of 790 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.1% and 77.6%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In May 2025, 77.3% of 811 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 81.8% and 0.0% in May 2026.

Provenance

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