Sarasota/Bradenton International in October 2024

65.0%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 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,190 domestic departures from Sarasota/Bradenton International (SRQ). 65.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 64.1% reached their destination on time; 27.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.5% of flights departed on time and 85.8% arrived on time, so SRQ departures were 20.5 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in October 2023, the airport had 1,230 departures with 87.2% leaving on time: a change of −22.2 points, with flights down 3%.

Flights arriving at SRQ that month were on time 64.8% of the time (1,189 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 51%, late-arriving aircraft 41% and national aviation system 8%.

On time 64.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 8.7%
Cancelled 27.1%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2024	Oct 2023	SRQ, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2024
Departed on time	65.0%	87.2%	79.1%	85.5%
Arrived on time	64.1%	88.0%	78.8%	85.8%
Cancelled	27.1%	0.0%	1.7%	1.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	10.6 min	9.3 min	16.6 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	40	41	48	20,517
Scheduled departures	1,190	1,230	17,427	615,497

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	327	27%	60.9%	-2.4 min	31.8%
DL Delta Air Lines	236	20%	68.2%	-3.5 min	25.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	222	19%	63.5%	-4.4 min	26.1%
AA American Airlines	149	13%	64.4%	16.1 min	27.5%
UA United Airlines	93	8%	69.9%	-10.1 min	23.7%
B6 JetBlue Airways	65	5%	66.2%	-9.2 min	24.6%
F9 Frontier Airlines	31	3%	45.2%	36.0 min	25.8%
OH PSA Airlines	31	3%	61.3%	-3.1 min	22.6%
YX Republic Airline	30	3%	70.0%	12.0 min	23.3%
OO SkyWest Airlines	6	1%	66.7%	10.8 min	16.7%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SRQ–ATL	Sarasota/Bradenton to Atlanta	207	69.1%	-1.6 min	25.1%
SRQ–CLT	Sarasota/Bradenton to Charlotte	118	65.3%	-4.2 min	27.1%
SRQ–BWI	Sarasota/Bradenton to Baltimore	92	68.5%	-5.5 min	25.0%
SRQ–EWR	Sarasota/Bradenton to Newark	67	74.6%	-13.6 min	22.4%
SRQ–BNA	Sarasota/Bradenton to Nashville	49	65.3%	-1.3 min	24.5%
SRQ–IND	Sarasota/Bradenton to Indianapolis	45	51.1%	-4.7 min	42.2%
SRQ–BOS	Sarasota/Bradenton to Boston	42	61.9%	-8.0 min	26.2%
SRQ–PHL	Sarasota/Bradenton to Philadelphia	42	57.1%	20.9 min	26.2%
SRQ–ORD	Sarasota/Bradenton to Chicago	37	64.9%	-1.1 min	21.6%
SRQ–DCA	Sarasota/Bradenton to Washington	31	54.8%	86.5 min	25.8%
SRQ–DFW	Sarasota/Bradenton to Dallas/Fort Worth	31	67.7%	1.6 min	25.8%
SRQ–HOU	Sarasota/Bradenton to Houston	31	45.2%	-7.1 min	51.6%

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), October 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	51.3%	42.7%	4,537
Late-arriving aircraft	41.1%	37.4%	3,635
National Aviation System	7.5%	16.3%	659
Extreme weather	0.1%	3.4%	5
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

8,836 delay minutes on 103 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 2024?

65.0% of 1,190 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 64.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.5% and 85.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2023, 87.2% of 1,230 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 65.0% and 27.1% in October 2024.

Provenance

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