Sarasota/Bradenton International in May 2025

79.2%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 May 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 1,404 domestic departures from Sarasota/Bradenton International (SRQ). 79.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 78.8% reached their destination on time; 0.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 75.4% arrived on time, so SRQ departures were 2.5 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in May 2024, the airport had 1,345 departures with 76.2% leaving on time: a change of +3.0 points, with flights up 4%.

Flights arriving at SRQ that month were on time 77.4% of the time (1,404 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, national aviation system 35%, late-arriving aircraft 34% and air carrier 30%.

On time 78.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 20.3%
Cancelled 0.6%
Diverted 0.4%

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

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

Measure	May 2025	May 2024	SRQ, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, May 2025
Departed on time	79.2%	76.2%	79.1%	76.7%
Arrived on time	78.8%	73.6%	78.8%	75.4%
Cancelled	0.6%	0.8%	1.7%	1.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	17.2 min	21.5 min	16.6 min	17.5 min
Scheduled departures a day	47	45	48	20,188
Scheduled departures	1,404	1,345	17,427	605,648

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	366	26%	86.3%	1.1 min	0.3%
G4 Allegiant Air	283	20%	85.9%	-6.9 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	251	18%	80.1%	9.8 min	0.4%
AA American Airlines	194	14%	73.7%	8.9 min	0.5%
UA United Airlines	128	9%	59.4%	32.3 min	1.6%
B6 JetBlue Airways	105	7%	69.5%	14.4 min	1.0%
OH PSA Airlines	58	4%	67.2%	29.3 min	3.4%
F9 Frontier Airlines	15	1%	80.0%	14.5 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	2	0%	100.0%	-11.5 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	2	0%	50.0%	6.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SRQ–ATL	Sarasota/Bradenton to Atlanta	204	80.9%	8.2 min	0.0%
SRQ–CLT	Sarasota/Bradenton to Charlotte	147	78.9%	5.4 min	0.0%
SRQ–BWI	Sarasota/Bradenton to Baltimore	120	85.8%	-0.5 min	0.0%
SRQ–EWR	Sarasota/Bradenton to Newark	76	55.3%	46.7 min	2.6%
SRQ–BNA	Sarasota/Bradenton to Nashville	75	86.7%	2.8 min	1.3%
SRQ–BOS	Sarasota/Bradenton to Boston	65	72.3%	10.6 min	1.5%
SRQ–ORD	Sarasota/Bradenton to Chicago	58	67.2%	28.1 min	0.0%
SRQ–JFK	Sarasota/Bradenton to New York	51	68.6%	14.9 min	0.0%
SRQ–CMH	Sarasota/Bradenton to Columbus	41	92.7%	-5.7 min	0.0%
SRQ–LGA	Sarasota/Bradenton to New York	41	73.2%	19.4 min	2.4%
SRQ–MDW	Sarasota/Bradenton to Chicago	40	90.0%	2.6 min	0.0%
SRQ–STL	Sarasota/Bradenton to St. Louis	36	88.9%	1.4 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), May 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, May 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	30.0%	29.3%	6,610
Late-arriving aircraft	33.7%	37.8%	7,442
National Aviation System	34.9%	25.9%	7,695
Extreme weather	1.4%	6.9%	317
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

22,064 delay minutes on 285 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 May 2025?

79.2% of 1,404 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 78.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 75.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In May 2024, 76.2% of 1,345 departures left on time and 0.8% were cancelled, against 79.2% and 0.6% in May 2025.

Provenance

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