Sarasota/Bradenton International in August 2024

75.8%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 August 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 975 domestic departures from Sarasota/Bradenton International (SRQ). 75.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 75.6% reached their destination on time; 4.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.4% of flights departed on time and 74.7% arrived on time, so SRQ departures were level with the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in August 2023, the airport had 997 departures with 77.5% leaving on time: a change of −1.7 points, with flights down 2%.

Flights arriving at SRQ that month were on time 71.5% of the time (974 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 53%, air carrier 27% and national aviation system 13%.

On time 75.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.8%
Cancelled 4.5%
Diverted 0.1%

Every scheduled departure from SRQ in August 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

August 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Aug 2024	Aug 2023	SRQ, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2024
Departed on time	75.8%	77.5%	79.1%	75.4%
Arrived on time	75.6%	78.3%	78.8%	74.7%
Cancelled	4.5%	4.1%	1.7%	2.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	17.3 min	16.0 min	16.6 min	18.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	33	33	48	20,634
Scheduled departures	975	997	17,427	619,025

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	253	26%	80.2%	4.0 min	3.2%
DL Delta Air Lines	215	22%	81.9%	5.3 min	4.2%
AA American Airlines	160	16%	65.6%	16.4 min	6.3%
G4 Allegiant Air	134	14%	70.1%	16.8 min	5.2%
UA United Airlines	96	10%	75.0%	13.6 min	2.1%
B6 JetBlue Airways	31	3%	74.2%	6.0 min	6.5%
OH PSA Airlines	30	3%	66.7%	8.3 min	13.3%
F9 Frontier Airlines	29	3%	79.3%	3.4 min	6.9%
YX Republic Airline	27	3%	77.8%	9.9 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SRQ–ATL	Sarasota/Bradenton to Atlanta	211	82.5%	1.6 min	3.3%
SRQ–CLT	Sarasota/Bradenton to Charlotte	119	63.0%	18.4 min	8.4%
SRQ–BWI	Sarasota/Bradenton to Baltimore	96	80.2%	6.9 min	3.1%
SRQ–EWR	Sarasota/Bradenton to Newark	62	88.7%	4.1 min	1.6%
SRQ–PHL	Sarasota/Bradenton to Philadelphia	48	77.1%	12.2 min	8.3%
SRQ–LGA	Sarasota/Bradenton to New York	36	69.4%	29.2 min	11.1%
SRQ–MDW	Sarasota/Bradenton to Chicago	35	85.7%	3.2 min	2.9%
SRQ–ORD	Sarasota/Bradenton to Chicago	34	50.0%	31.0 min	2.9%
SRQ–DCA	Sarasota/Bradenton to Washington	31	80.6%	1.7 min	3.2%
SRQ–DFW	Sarasota/Bradenton to Dallas/Fort Worth	31	61.3%	15.8 min	3.2%
SRQ–HOU	Sarasota/Bradenton to Houston	31	90.3%	-10.0 min	3.2%
SRQ–JFK	Sarasota/Bradenton to New York	31	74.2%	6.0 min	6.5%

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 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	26.7%	33.8%	4,148
Late-arriving aircraft	52.8%	39.8%	8,212
National Aviation System	13.2%	20.4%	2,060
Extreme weather	7.3%	5.9%	1,131
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

15,551 delay minutes on 193 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 2024?

75.8% of 975 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 75.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.4% and 74.7%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In August 2023, 77.5% of 997 departures left on time and 4.1% were cancelled, against 75.8% and 4.5% in August 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 2024; 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.