Punta Gorda Airport (PGD) delays & on-time performance
Punta Gorda, Florida · 50 nonstop destinations · 1 airlines · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
No FAA-reported ground stops or delays at PGD right now. Individual flights can still be delayed by the airline; check with your airline for your flight.
On-time arrivals
79%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
0.6%
47 flights
Avg arrival delay
16 min
73 min when late
Departed on time
79%
avg taxi-out 12 min
Figures cover 7,374 departures from PGD; on-time is measured at arrival. Arrivals into PGD were on time 76% of the time.
Key facts
- Flights departing Punta Gorda Airport (PGD) arrived on time 79% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, better than the 78% national average.
- 0.6% were cancelled, and 8% arrived an hour or more late.
- Departures scheduled around 6am did best (94% on time); around 6pm did worst (60%).
- The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (36%).
Most delayed routes from PGD
Lowest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
Most reliable routes from PGD
Highest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
Best airline at PGD
Departures from this airport, ranked by on-time arrival.
| Airline | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Routes | Flights |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allegiant Air | 79% | 0.6% | 16 min | 50 | 7,374 |
Best time to fly out of PGD
On-time arrival rate by scheduled departure hour (local time).
- 6am94%625 flts
- 7am93%788 flts
- 8am92%624 flts
- 9am90%424 flts
- 10am88%308 flts
- 11am81%480 flts
- 12pm82%504 flts
- 1pm79%372 flts
- 2pm77%663 flts
- 3pm70%808 flts
- 4pm66%496 flts
- 5pm64%294 flts
- 6pm60%356 flts
- 7pm61%251 flts
- 8pm66%254 flts
- 9pm49%124 flts
Monthly trend
Why departures were late
- Late-arriving aircraft36%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)29%
- Extreme weather19%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion16%
- Security0%
Data: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 (12 months). Latest month published by BTS: July 2026. How we calculate this.