On-Time Report

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Airport month · December 2023

Sarasota/Bradenton International in December 2023

80.2%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 December 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 1,547 domestic departures from Sarasota/Bradenton International (SRQ). 80.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.9% reached their destination on time; 0.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 83.8% arrived on time, so SRQ departures were 2.9 points below the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at SRQ that month were on time 77.6% of the time (1,548 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 56%, air carrier 32% and national aviation system 11%.

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

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

MeasureDec 2023Year earlierSRQ, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Dec 2023
Departed on time80.2%—79.1%83.1%
Arrived on time81.9%—78.8%83.8%
Cancelled0.3%—1.7%0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)15.6 min—16.6 min11.6 min
Scheduled departures a day52—4819,013
Scheduled departures1,547—17,427570,394

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
WN Southwest Airlines40926%78.7%4.1 min1.0%
DL Delta Air Lines28719%90.2%-6.2 min0.3%
AA American Airlines26417%74.6%14.8 min0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air24416%85.7%-5.1 min0.0%
UA United Airlines18312%85.2%1.4 min0.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways936%74.2%32.3 min0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines463%78.3%-2.9 min0.0%
OH PSA Airlines131%100.0%-22.8 min0.0%
MQ Envoy Air40%50.0%73.3 min0.0%
YX Republic Airline40%100.0%-21.2 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
SRQ–ATLSarasota/Bradenton to Atlanta24990.0%-5.9 min0.4%
SRQ–CLTSarasota/Bradenton to Charlotte17281.4%2.5 min0.0%
SRQ–BWISarasota/Bradenton to Baltimore13382.0%-1.6 min1.5%
SRQ–ORDSarasota/Bradenton to Chicago7979.7%13.4 min0.0%
SRQ–LGASarasota/Bradenton to New York7780.5%20.3 min1.3%
SRQ–EWRSarasota/Bradenton to Newark7391.8%-11.5 min0.0%
SRQ–BNASarasota/Bradenton to Nashville6876.5%6.9 min0.0%
SRQ–PHLSarasota/Bradenton to Philadelphia6070.0%18.9 min0.0%
SRQ–MSPSarasota/Bradenton to Minneapolis4187.8%-19.0 min0.0%
SRQ–BOSSarasota/Bradenton to Boston4062.5%50.7 min0.0%
SRQ–IADSarasota/Bradenton to Washington4085.0%10.9 min0.0%
SRQ–DFWSarasota/Bradenton to Dallas/Fort Worth3571.4%26.4 min0.0%

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), December 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Dec 2023Minutes
Air carrier32.1%37.1%6,872
Late-arriving aircraft55.7%38.8%11,918
National Aviation System10.5%17.6%2,250
Extreme weather1.6%6.2%343
Security0.1%0.3%28
21,411 delay minutes on 270 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.
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Questions and answers

How many flights left SRQ on time in December 2023?

80.2% of 1,547 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 83.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

December 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 December 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.