Sarasota/Bradenton International in March 2026

71.9%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 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 2,122 domestic departures from Sarasota/Bradenton International (SRQ). 71.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 70.1% reached their destination on time; 3.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 72.8% of flights departed on time and 73.2% arrived on time, so SRQ departures were 0.9 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in March 2025, the airport had 2,164 departures with 77.7% leaving on time: a change of −5.8 points, with flights down 2%.

Flights arriving at SRQ that month were on time 70.6% of the time (2,122 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 46%, national aviation system 30% and air carrier 20%.

On time 70.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 26.1%
Cancelled 3.4%
Diverted 0.5%

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

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

Measure	Mar 2026	Mar 2025	SRQ, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2026
Departed on time	71.9%	77.7%	79.1%	72.8%
Arrived on time	70.1%	74.4%	78.8%	73.2%
Cancelled	3.4%	1.8%	1.7%	2.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	21.7 min	27.4 min	16.6 min	20.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	71	72	48	20,403
Scheduled departures	2,122	2,164	17,427	612,102

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	541	25%	67.1%	16.3 min	3.3%
G4 Allegiant Air	432	20%	73.4%	12.8 min	1.4%
DL Delta Air Lines	386	18%	69.7%	15.7 min	7.0%
AA American Airlines	241	11%	70.5%	8.3 min	3.3%
UA United Airlines	207	10%	73.9%	13.5 min	1.9%
B6 JetBlue Airways	92	4%	69.6%	25.9 min	1.1%
YX Republic Airline	76	4%	55.3%	35.9 min	2.6%
MQ Envoy Air	68	3%	83.8%	-1.6 min	1.5%
F9 Frontier Airlines	58	3%	69.0%	21.8 min	5.2%
OO SkyWest Airlines	16	1%	62.5%	4.3 min	6.3%
OH PSA Airlines	5	0%	40.0%	14.8 min	20.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SRQ–ATL	Sarasota/Bradenton to Atlanta	228	78.5%	8.9 min	5.3%
SRQ–ORD	Sarasota/Bradenton to Chicago	156	59.0%	28.3 min	4.5%
SRQ–BWI	Sarasota/Bradenton to Baltimore	137	75.2%	9.5 min	4.4%
SRQ–CLT	Sarasota/Bradenton to Charlotte	124	82.3%	-3.3 min	1.6%
SRQ–BOS	Sarasota/Bradenton to Boston	101	70.3%	24.5 min	2.0%
SRQ–EWR	Sarasota/Bradenton to Newark	93	77.4%	7.8 min	0.0%
SRQ–MDW	Sarasota/Bradenton to Chicago	79	59.5%	17.0 min	7.6%
SRQ–BNA	Sarasota/Bradenton to Nashville	70	65.7%	13.9 min	1.4%
SRQ–DCA	Sarasota/Bradenton to Washington	62	64.5%	10.1 min	4.8%
SRQ–DEN	Sarasota/Bradenton to Denver	62	75.8%	18.3 min	1.6%
SRQ–JFK	Sarasota/Bradenton to New York	62	56.5%	34.7 min	3.2%
SRQ–LGA	Sarasota/Bradenton to New York	61	54.1%	36.3 min	13.1%

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 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	19.8%	33.5%	9,115
Late-arriving aircraft	46.4%	39.3%	21,320
National Aviation System	30.1%	21.0%	13,811
Extreme weather	3.5%	5.9%	1,617
Security	0.2%	0.2%	94

45,957 delay minutes on 553 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 2026?

71.9% of 2,122 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 70.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.8% and 73.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In March 2025, 77.7% of 2,164 departures left on time and 1.8% were cancelled, against 71.9% and 3.4% in March 2026.

Provenance

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