Sarasota/Bradenton International in September 2025

89.8%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 September 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 859 domestic departures from Sarasota/Bradenton International (SRQ). 89.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 90.9% reached their destination on time; 0.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 82.8% arrived on time, so SRQ departures were 6.7 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in September 2024, the airport had 857 departures with 84.1% leaving on time: a change of +5.7 points, with flights up 0%.

Flights arriving at SRQ that month were on time 87.2% of the time (860 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 45%, air carrier 37% and national aviation system 17%.

On time 90.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 8.8%
Cancelled 0.1%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Sep 2025	Sep 2024	SRQ, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2025
Departed on time	89.8%	84.1%	79.1%	83.1%
Arrived on time	90.9%	83.1%	78.8%	82.8%
Cancelled	0.1%	4.9%	1.7%	0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	7.1 min	9.5 min	16.6 min	12.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	29	29	48	18,748
Scheduled departures	859	857	17,427	562,439

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	260	30%	92.3%	-7.9 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	194	23%	95.4%	-10.3 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	129	15%	82.2%	-0.4 min	0.8%
G4 Allegiant Air	124	14%	92.7%	-15.1 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	90	10%	88.9%	1.8 min	0.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways	30	3%	86.7%	-14.6 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	30	3%	90.0%	-4.9 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	2	0%	100.0%	-28.5 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SRQ–ATL	Sarasota/Bradenton to Atlanta	162	96.3%	-10.0 min	0.0%
SRQ–CLT	Sarasota/Bradenton to Charlotte	99	90.9%	-5.6 min	0.0%
SRQ–BWI	Sarasota/Bradenton to Baltimore	90	91.1%	-7.6 min	0.0%
SRQ–EWR	Sarasota/Bradenton to Newark	60	96.7%	-14.2 min	0.0%
SRQ–MCO	Sarasota/Bradenton to Orlando	60	93.3%	-11.5 min	0.0%
SRQ–LGA	Sarasota/Bradenton to New York	31	90.3%	-11.0 min	0.0%
SRQ–BNA	Sarasota/Bradenton to Nashville	30	86.7%	-2.0 min	0.0%
SRQ–DCA	Sarasota/Bradenton to Washington	30	66.7%	7.0 min	0.0%
SRQ–DFW	Sarasota/Bradenton to Dallas/Fort Worth	30	76.7%	5.1 min	3.3%
SRQ–HOU	Sarasota/Bradenton to Houston	30	100.0%	-17.3 min	0.0%
SRQ–JFK	Sarasota/Bradenton to New York	30	86.7%	-14.6 min	0.0%
SRQ–MDW	Sarasota/Bradenton to Chicago	30	93.3%	-3.8 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), September 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	36.9%	34.3%	1,873
Late-arriving aircraft	44.6%	37.4%	2,265
National Aviation System	16.8%	22.6%	855
Extreme weather	1.7%	5.6%	86
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

5,079 delay minutes on 76 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 September 2025?

89.8% of 859 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 90.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 82.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In September 2024, 84.1% of 857 departures left on time and 4.9% were cancelled, against 89.8% and 0.1% in September 2025.

Provenance

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