Sarasota/Bradenton International in December 2024

76.5%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 December 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,563 domestic departures from Sarasota/Bradenton International (SRQ). 76.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 76.9% reached their destination on time; 1.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.8% of flights departed on time and 78.1% arrived on time, so SRQ departures were 1.3 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in December 2023, the airport had 1,547 departures with 80.2% leaving on time: a change of −3.7 points, with flights up 1%.

Flights arriving at SRQ that month were on time 71.9% of the time (1,565 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 49%, air carrier 32% and national aviation system 11%.

On time 76.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 21.6%
Cancelled 1.3%
Diverted 0.3%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2024	Dec 2023	SRQ, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2024
Departed on time	76.5%	80.2%	79.1%	77.8%
Arrived on time	76.9%	81.9%	78.8%	78.1%
Cancelled	1.3%	0.3%	1.7%	0.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	24.4 min	15.6 min	16.6 min	16.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	52	52	48	19,686
Scheduled departures	1,563	1,547	17,427	590,581

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
G4 Allegiant Air	330	21%	74.5%	24.6 min	3.6%
DL Delta Air Lines	292	19%	80.8%	14.1 min	0.0%
WN Southwest Airlines	288	18%	83.7%	0.6 min	0.7%
AA American Airlines	227	15%	78.0%	19.3 min	0.9%
UA United Airlines	143	9%	77.6%	6.5 min	0.7%
B6 JetBlue Airways	85	5%	65.9%	21.4 min	2.4%
YX Republic Airline	67	4%	67.2%	10.9 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	57	4%	78.9%	6.1 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	53	3%	66.0%	32.5 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	13	1%	53.8%	10.3 min	7.7%
OO SkyWest Airlines	8	1%	37.5%	213.9 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SRQ–ATL	Sarasota/Bradenton to Atlanta	222	85.1%	1.7 min	0.5%
SRQ–CLT	Sarasota/Bradenton to Charlotte	162	80.9%	21.8 min	0.0%
SRQ–BWI	Sarasota/Bradenton to Baltimore	104	88.5%	-3.2 min	1.0%
SRQ–EWR	Sarasota/Bradenton to Newark	93	71.0%	10.9 min	1.1%
SRQ–ORD	Sarasota/Bradenton to Chicago	92	77.2%	5.0 min	1.1%
SRQ–LGA	Sarasota/Bradenton to New York	88	72.7%	28.2 min	0.0%
SRQ–BOS	Sarasota/Bradenton to Boston	77	70.1%	12.0 min	5.2%
SRQ–BNA	Sarasota/Bradenton to Nashville	66	86.4%	-3.3 min	1.5%
SRQ–PHL	Sarasota/Bradenton to Philadelphia	56	78.6%	8.7 min	0.0%
SRQ–DEN	Sarasota/Bradenton to Denver	44	72.7%	12.1 min	0.0%
SRQ–DFW	Sarasota/Bradenton to Dallas/Fort Worth	43	62.8%	14.1 min	4.7%
SRQ–MDW	Sarasota/Bradenton to Chicago	34	76.5%	12.7 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), December 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	31.8%	34.3%	11,411
Late-arriving aircraft	49.2%	40.2%	17,673
National Aviation System	11.3%	17.8%	4,078
Extreme weather	7.7%	7.5%	2,774
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

35,936 delay minutes on 337 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 December 2024?

76.5% of 1,563 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 76.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.8% and 78.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In December 2023, 80.2% of 1,547 departures left on time and 0.3% were cancelled, against 76.5% and 1.3% in December 2024.

Provenance

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