Sarasota/Bradenton International in October 2023

87.2%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 October 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 1,230 domestic departures from Sarasota/Bradenton International (SRQ). 87.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 88.0% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.8% of flights departed on time and 84.0% arrived on time, so SRQ departures were 3.4 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at SRQ that month were on time 83.8% of the time (1,231 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 49%, air carrier 36% and national aviation system 12%.

On time 88.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 12.0%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2023	Year earlier	SRQ, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2023
Departed on time	87.2%	—	79.1%	83.8%
Arrived on time	88.0%	—	78.8%	84.0%
Cancelled	0.0%	—	1.7%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	9.3 min	—	16.6 min	11.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	41	—	48	19,966
Scheduled departures	1,230	—	17,427	598,968

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	380	31%	90.5%	-4.6 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	244	20%	86.1%	-2.2 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	231	19%	93.5%	-5.8 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	198	16%	82.3%	14.0 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	96	8%	94.8%	-12.8 min	0.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways	60	5%	68.3%	16.8 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	14	1%	71.4%	14.4 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	7	1%	100.0%	-12.3 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SRQ–ATL	Sarasota/Bradenton to Atlanta	236	94.1%	-4.8 min	0.0%
SRQ–CLT	Sarasota/Bradenton to Charlotte	143	85.3%	13.8 min	0.0%
SRQ–BWI	Sarasota/Bradenton to Baltimore	128	93.8%	-6.3 min	0.0%
SRQ–BNA	Sarasota/Bradenton to Nashville	63	92.1%	-5.0 min	0.0%
SRQ–EWR	Sarasota/Bradenton to Newark	62	93.5%	-10.4 min	0.0%
SRQ–IND	Sarasota/Bradenton to Indianapolis	36	88.9%	2.3 min	0.0%
SRQ–BOS	Sarasota/Bradenton to Boston	35	68.6%	16.2 min	0.0%
SRQ–LGA	Sarasota/Bradenton to New York	34	88.2%	-9.1 min	0.0%
SRQ–DCA	Sarasota/Bradenton to Washington	31	90.3%	2.8 min	0.0%
SRQ–DFW	Sarasota/Bradenton to Dallas/Fort Worth	31	64.5%	19.9 min	0.0%
SRQ–HOU	Sarasota/Bradenton to Houston	31	87.1%	-7.7 min	0.0%
SRQ–JFK	Sarasota/Bradenton to New York	31	67.7%	16.4 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), October 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	35.9%	41.3%	3,626
Late-arriving aircraft	49.3%	40.5%	4,974
National Aviation System	12.4%	14.4%	1,252
Extreme weather	2.4%	3.7%	243
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

10,095 delay minutes on 147 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 October 2023?

87.2% of 1,230 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 88.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.8% and 84.0%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

October 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 October 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.