Sarasota/Bradenton International in December 2025

75.3%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 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 1,685 domestic departures from Sarasota/Bradenton International (SRQ). 75.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 75.4% reached their destination on time; 1.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 72.0% of flights departed on time and 71.9% arrived on time, so SRQ departures were 3.3 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in December 2024, the airport had 1,563 departures with 76.5% leaving on time: a change of −1.2 points, with flights up 8%.

Flights arriving at SRQ that month were on time 69.9% of the time (1,686 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 53%, air carrier 24% and national aviation system 16%.

On time 75.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 23.1%
Cancelled 1.4%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2025	Dec 2024	SRQ, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2025
Departed on time	75.3%	76.5%	79.1%	72.0%
Arrived on time	75.4%	76.9%	78.8%	71.9%
Cancelled	1.4%	1.3%	1.7%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	22.8 min	24.4 min	16.6 min	21.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	56	52	48	19,410
Scheduled departures	1,685	1,563	17,427	582,304

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	400	24%	77.3%	12.4 min	0.5%
G4 Allegiant Air	358	21%	76.3%	10.2 min	0.6%
DL Delta Air Lines	301	18%	79.7%	12.6 min	3.7%
UA United Airlines	159	9%	74.8%	14.6 min	0.6%
AA American Airlines	150	9%	84.0%	-2.9 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	98	6%	81.6%	5.8 min	0.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways	77	5%	51.9%	51.8 min	3.9%
YX Republic Airline	71	4%	52.1%	30.3 min	4.2%
OH PSA Airlines	54	3%	63.0%	30.3 min	1.9%
F9 Frontier Airlines	17	1%	70.6%	5.8 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SRQ–ATL	Sarasota/Bradenton to Atlanta	187	86.1%	-2.7 min	2.1%
SRQ–ORD	Sarasota/Bradenton to Chicago	140	67.9%	20.1 min	0.7%
SRQ–CLT	Sarasota/Bradenton to Charlotte	136	84.6%	-1.3 min	0.0%
SRQ–BWI	Sarasota/Bradenton to Baltimore	106	81.1%	11.8 min	0.9%
SRQ–EWR	Sarasota/Bradenton to Newark	91	76.9%	16.2 min	1.1%
SRQ–BOS	Sarasota/Bradenton to Boston	65	50.8%	50.5 min	3.1%
SRQ–LGA	Sarasota/Bradenton to New York	59	67.8%	63.2 min	8.5%
SRQ–BNA	Sarasota/Bradenton to Nashville	58	74.1%	18.3 min	0.0%
SRQ–MCO	Sarasota/Bradenton to Orlando	58	87.9%	0.1 min	0.0%
SRQ–PHL	Sarasota/Bradenton to Philadelphia	52	65.4%	12.1 min	5.8%
SRQ–DEN	Sarasota/Bradenton to Denver	45	71.1%	17.7 min	0.0%
SRQ–JFK	Sarasota/Bradenton to New York	43	62.8%	27.7 min	4.7%

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), December 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	23.9%	33.3%	8,719
Late-arriving aircraft	52.7%	41.1%	19,270
National Aviation System	16.3%	19.1%	5,952
Extreme weather	7.1%	6.4%	2,595
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

36,536 delay minutes on 389 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 2025?

75.3% of 1,685 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 75.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.0% and 71.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In December 2024, 76.5% of 1,563 departures left on time and 1.3% were cancelled, against 75.3% and 1.4% in December 2025.

Provenance

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