Sarasota/Bradenton International in August 2023

77.5%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 August 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 997 domestic departures from Sarasota/Bradenton International (SRQ). 77.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 78.3% reached their destination on time; 4.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 76.9% arrived on time, so SRQ departures were 0.8 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at SRQ that month were on time 73.9% of the time (997 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 43%, air carrier 30% and national aviation system 25%.

On time 78.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.2%
Cancelled 4.1%
Diverted 0.4%

Every scheduled departure from SRQ in August 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

August 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Aug 2023	Year earlier	SRQ, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2023
Departed on time	77.5%	—	79.1%	76.7%
Arrived on time	78.3%	—	78.8%	76.9%
Cancelled	4.1%	—	1.7%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	16.0 min	—	16.6 min	17.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	33	—	48	20,100
Scheduled departures	997	—	17,427	602,987

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	291	29%	79.4%	4.9 min	3.1%
DL Delta Air Lines	211	21%	79.1%	8.8 min	4.7%
G4 Allegiant Air	143	14%	76.2%	8.2 min	0.7%
AA American Airlines	125	13%	69.6%	18.5 min	6.4%
UA United Airlines	93	9%	84.9%	-5.5 min	5.4%
OH PSA Airlines	90	9%	86.7%	-2.5 min	3.3%
B6 JetBlue Airways	31	3%	77.4%	13.1 min	12.9%
F9 Frontier Airlines	9	1%	55.6%	31.8 min	11.1%
MQ Envoy Air	4	0%	25.0%	72.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SRQ–ATL	Sarasota/Bradenton to Atlanta	208	76.9%	6.9 min	4.8%
SRQ–CLT	Sarasota/Bradenton to Charlotte	123	78.9%	14.8 min	5.7%
SRQ–BWI	Sarasota/Bradenton to Baltimore	109	76.1%	7.0 min	3.7%
SRQ–EWR	Sarasota/Bradenton to Newark	62	90.3%	-12.6 min	6.5%
SRQ–BNA	Sarasota/Bradenton to Nashville	44	77.3%	3.3 min	4.5%
SRQ–PHL	Sarasota/Bradenton to Philadelphia	39	76.9%	5.6 min	5.1%
SRQ–ORD	Sarasota/Bradenton to Chicago	35	68.6%	15.6 min	2.9%
SRQ–DCA	Sarasota/Bradenton to Washington	31	67.7%	8.1 min	3.2%
SRQ–DFW	Sarasota/Bradenton to Dallas/Fort Worth	31	71.0%	1.0 min	6.5%
SRQ–JFK	Sarasota/Bradenton to New York	31	77.4%	13.1 min	12.9%
SRQ–LGA	Sarasota/Bradenton to New York	31	83.9%	30.7 min	3.2%
SRQ–MDW	Sarasota/Bradenton to Chicago	31	74.2%	4.0 min	3.2%

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), August 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	29.7%	36.7%	4,159
Late-arriving aircraft	43.0%	42.2%	6,037
National Aviation System	24.9%	15.7%	3,486
Extreme weather	2.5%	5.1%	344
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

14,026 delay minutes on 171 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 SRQ on time in August 2023?

77.5% of 997 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 78.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 76.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

August 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for SRQ · methodology · corrections.