Sarasota/Bradenton International in January 2026

78.8%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 January 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 1,601 domestic departures from Sarasota/Bradenton International (SRQ). 78.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 78.6% reached their destination on time; 4.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.6% of flights departed on time and 75.3% arrived on time, so SRQ departures were 3.2 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in January 2025, the airport had 1,499 departures with 79.9% leaving on time: a change of −1.1 points, with flights up 7%.

Flights arriving at SRQ that month were on time 73.7% of the time (1,603 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 52%, national aviation system 25% and air carrier 23%.

On time 78.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 16.7%
Cancelled 4.3%
Diverted 0.3%

Every scheduled departure from SRQ in January 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jan 2026	Jan 2025	SRQ, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2026
Departed on time	78.8%	79.9%	79.1%	75.6%
Arrived on time	78.6%	80.5%	78.8%	75.3%
Cancelled	4.3%	1.8%	1.7%	4.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	13.9 min	18.2 min	16.6 min	16.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	53	50	48	18,133
Scheduled departures	1,601	1,499	17,427	544,003

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	386	24%	85.0%	-4.6 min	3.4%
DL Delta Air Lines	333	21%	78.7%	1.3 min	4.2%
G4 Allegiant Air	302	19%	81.8%	-3.5 min	3.3%
AA American Airlines	157	10%	72.0%	3.1 min	10.2%
UA United Airlines	149	9%	79.9%	3.7 min	2.0%
YX Republic Airline	98	6%	70.4%	11.6 min	5.1%
B6 JetBlue Airways	77	5%	63.6%	11.5 min	7.8%
MQ Envoy Air	67	4%	76.1%	4.3 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	28	2%	71.4%	11.0 min	7.1%
F9 Frontier Airlines	4	0%	25.0%	84.5 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SRQ–ATL	Sarasota/Bradenton to Atlanta	186	83.9%	-6.1 min	3.8%
SRQ–ORD	Sarasota/Bradenton to Chicago	105	66.7%	14.3 min	0.0%
SRQ–BWI	Sarasota/Bradenton to Baltimore	101	88.1%	-11.3 min	4.0%
SRQ–CLT	Sarasota/Bradenton to Charlotte	100	74.0%	1.1 min	12.0%
SRQ–EWR	Sarasota/Bradenton to Newark	93	83.9%	1.1 min	5.4%
SRQ–BOS	Sarasota/Bradenton to Boston	86	59.3%	20.1 min	5.8%
SRQ–JFK	Sarasota/Bradenton to New York	62	74.2%	2.5 min	4.8%
SRQ–MCO	Sarasota/Bradenton to Orlando	59	93.2%	-9.0 min	1.7%
SRQ–BNA	Sarasota/Bradenton to Nashville	57	91.2%	-4.7 min	3.5%
SRQ–LGA	Sarasota/Bradenton to New York	57	68.4%	18.5 min	8.8%
SRQ–DEN	Sarasota/Bradenton to Denver	54	88.9%	-3.2 min	0.0%
SRQ–PHL	Sarasota/Bradenton to Philadelphia	48	77.1%	-1.5 min	8.3%

By scheduled departure hour

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On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), January 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	23.1%	37.3%	4,496
Late-arriving aircraft	51.8%	35.0%	10,083
National Aviation System	24.7%	18.0%	4,801
Extreme weather	0.4%	9.6%	81
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

19,461 delay minutes on 268 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 January 2026?

78.8% of 1,601 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 78.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.6% and 75.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In January 2025, 79.9% of 1,499 departures left on time and 1.8% were cancelled, against 78.8% and 4.3% in January 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2026; 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.