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St. Petersburg Clearwater International Airport (PIE) delays & on-time performance

St. Petersburg, Florida · 63 nonstop destinations · 1 airlines · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

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No FAA-reported ground stops or delays at PIE right now. Individual flights can still be delayed by the airline; check with your airline for your flight.

On-time arrivals
77%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
0.6%
57 flights
Avg arrival delay
17 min
69 min when late
Departed on time
79%
avg taxi-out 14 min

Figures cover 9,050 departures from PIE; on-time is measured at arrival. Arrivals into PIE were on time 70% of the time.

Key facts

  • Flights departing St. Petersburg Clearwater International Airport (PIE) arrived on time 77% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, worse than the 78% national average.
  • 0.6% were cancelled, and 8% arrived an hour or more late.
  • Departures scheduled around 8am did best (94% on time); around 6pm did worst (58%).
  • The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (44%).

Most delayed routes from PIE

Lowest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.

All 63 routes from PIE →

Most reliable routes from PIE

Highest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.

Best airline at PIE

Departures from this airport, ranked by on-time arrival.

AirlineOn timeCancelledAvg delayRoutesFlights
Allegiant Air77%0.6%17 min639,050

Best time to fly out of PIE

On-time arrival rate by scheduled departure hour (local time).

  • 6am94%990 flts
  • 7am93%874 flts
  • 8am94%719 flts
  • 9am88%383 flts
  • 10am81%365 flts
  • 11am80%489 flts
  • 12pm72%658 flts
  • 1pm68%755 flts
  • 2pm70%492 flts
  • 3pm77%697 flts
  • 4pm74%551 flts
  • 5pm60%593 flts
  • 6pm58%692 flts
  • 7pm63%244 flts
  • 8pm68%310 flts
  • 9pm63%228 flts

Monthly trend

50%75%100%July 2025: 72.2% on time, 0.0% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 75.1% on time, 0.0% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 83.4% on time, 0.0% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 79.8% on time, 0.0% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 77.5% on time, 0.3% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 68.9% on time, 1.5% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 80.5% on time, 2.7% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 81.4% on time, 0.6% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 73.3% on time, 1.8% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 82.7% on time, 0.1% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 80.6% on time, 0.0% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 75.6% on time, 0.5% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 72.1% on time, 0.0% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why departures were late

  • Late-arriving aircraft44%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion24%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)22%
  • Extreme weather10%
  • 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.