Sarasota/Bradenton International in March 2025

77.7%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 March 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 2,164 domestic departures from Sarasota/Bradenton International (SRQ). 77.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 74.4% reached their destination on time; 1.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.9% of flights departed on time and 79.3% arrived on time, so SRQ departures were 2.2 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in March 2024, the airport had 1,916 departures with 77.9% leaving on time: a change of −0.2 points, with flights up 13%.

Flights arriving at SRQ that month were on time 76.4% of the time (2,165 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 41%, national aviation system 32% and air carrier 25%.

On time 74.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 23.6%
Cancelled 1.8%
Diverted 0.2%

Every scheduled departure from SRQ in March 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

March 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Mar 2025	Mar 2024	SRQ, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2025
Departed on time	77.7%	77.9%	79.1%	79.9%
Arrived on time	74.4%	78.3%	78.8%	79.3%
Cancelled	1.8%	1.4%	1.7%	1.2%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	27.4 min	19.2 min	16.6 min	14.9 min
Scheduled departures a day	72	64	48	20,029
Scheduled departures	2,164	1,916	17,427	600,872

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	569	26%	76.8%	13.6 min	2.5%
G4 Allegiant Air	479	22%	80.4%	7.3 min	0.8%
DL Delta Air Lines	340	16%	77.4%	12.9 min	1.2%
AA American Airlines	304	14%	66.1%	56.0 min	2.0%
UA United Airlines	207	10%	72.5%	14.8 min	1.4%
B6 JetBlue Airways	116	5%	71.6%	18.9 min	1.7%
F9 Frontier Airlines	68	3%	60.3%	9.8 min	4.4%
OH PSA Airlines	31	1%	61.3%	84.2 min	3.2%
MQ Envoy Air	26	1%	65.4%	13.5 min	3.8%
YX Republic Airline	24	1%	62.5%	115.6 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SRQ–ATL	Sarasota/Bradenton to Atlanta	240	84.2%	4.2 min	0.8%
SRQ–CLT	Sarasota/Bradenton to Charlotte	155	68.4%	39.9 min	1.9%
SRQ–BWI	Sarasota/Bradenton to Baltimore	144	82.6%	10.2 min	2.8%
SRQ–ORD	Sarasota/Bradenton to Chicago	128	64.1%	39.7 min	1.6%
SRQ–EWR	Sarasota/Bradenton to Newark	93	79.6%	5.4 min	2.2%
SRQ–LGA	Sarasota/Bradenton to New York	93	66.7%	23.7 min	3.2%
SRQ–BOS	Sarasota/Bradenton to Boston	83	71.1%	39.0 min	1.2%
SRQ–PHL	Sarasota/Bradenton to Philadelphia	83	69.9%	72.2 min	3.6%
SRQ–MDW	Sarasota/Bradenton to Chicago	80	78.8%	5.0 min	2.5%
SRQ–DEN	Sarasota/Bradenton to Denver	62	72.6%	23.8 min	0.0%
SRQ–BNA	Sarasota/Bradenton to Nashville	61	85.2%	5.8 min	1.6%
SRQ–CVG	Sarasota/Bradenton to Cincinnati	60	63.3%	21.6 min	3.3%

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), March 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	24.5%	33.0%	14,477
Late-arriving aircraft	41.3%	39.2%	24,341
National Aviation System	31.5%	21.9%	18,547
Extreme weather	2.7%	5.9%	1,607
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

58,972 delay minutes on 510 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 March 2025?

77.7% of 2,164 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 74.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.9% and 79.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In March 2024, 77.9% of 1,916 departures left on time and 1.4% were cancelled, against 77.7% and 1.8% in March 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for March 2025; 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.