Sarasota Bradenton International Airport (SRQ) delays & on-time performance
Sarasota/Bradenton, Florida · 59 nonstop destinations · 11 airlines · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
No FAA-reported ground stops or delays at SRQ right now. Individual flights can still be delayed by the airline; check with your airline for your flight.
On-time arrivals
80%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
1.7%
298 flights
Avg arrival delay
17 min
82 min when late
Departed on time
80%
avg taxi-out 15 min
Figures cover 17,427 departures from SRQ; on-time is measured at arrival. Arrivals into SRQ were on time 78% of the time.
Key facts
- Flights departing Sarasota Bradenton International Airport (SRQ) arrived on time 80% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, better than the 78% national average.
- 1.7% were cancelled, and 8% arrived an hour or more late.
- Envoy Air was the most punctual airline here (85% on time); JetBlue was the least (70%).
- Departures scheduled around 7am did best (95% on time); around 6pm did worst (67%).
- The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (44%).
Most delayed routes from SRQ
Lowest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- DFW · Dallas/Fort Worth61%373 flts
- ORD · Chicago69%999 flts
- BOS · Boston69%686 flts
- MDW · Chicago73%520 flts
- JFK · New York74%533 flts
- LGA · New York74%547 flts
- DCA · Washington75%465 flts
- PHL · Philadelphia79%462 flts
- BNA · Nashville79%686 flts
- BWI · Baltimore84%1,250 flts
Most reliable routes from SRQ
Highest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- ATL · Atlanta88%2,294 flts
- MCO · Orlando88%607 flts
- CLT · Charlotte85%1,397 flts
- EWR · Newark85%929 flts
- BWI · Baltimore84%1,250 flts
- BNA · Nashville79%686 flts
- PHL · Philadelphia79%462 flts
- DCA · Washington75%465 flts
- LGA · New York74%547 flts
- JFK · New York74%533 flts
Best airline at SRQ
Departures from this airport, ranked by on-time arrival.
| Airline | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Routes | Flights |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Envoy Air | 85% | 0.3% | 15 min | 4 | 584 |
| Delta Air Lines | 84% | 2.8% | 17 min | 6 | 3,343 |
| Allegiant Air | 83% | 0.6% | 14 min | 34 | 3,425 |
| Southwest Airlines | 80% | 1.0% | 13 min | 16 | 4,482 |
| United Airlines | 80% | 1.5% | 19 min | 3 | 1,534 |
| Frontier Airlines | 79% | 3.0% | 18 min | 2 | 197 |
| American Airlines | 78% | 2.2% | 21 min | 5 | 1,996 |
| PSA Airlines | 78% | 1.7% | 21 min | 4 | 473 |
| Republic Airways | 71% | 4.6% | 25 min | 8 | 549 |
| JetBlue | 70% | 3.3% | 30 min | 2 | 828 |
| SkyWest Airlines | 67% | 6.3% | 13 min | 1 | 16 |
Best time to fly out of SRQ
On-time arrival rate by scheduled departure hour (local time).
- 6am94%1,958 flts
- 7am95%1,346 flts
- 8am94%847 flts
- 9am90%509 flts
- 10am90%556 flts
- 11am84%1,926 flts
- 12pm77%1,816 flts
- 1pm78%1,166 flts
- 2pm73%992 flts
- 3pm75%1,165 flts
- 4pm69%1,281 flts
- 5pm70%1,477 flts
- 6pm67%1,099 flts
- 7pm71%805 flts
- 8pm76%307 flts
Monthly trend
Why departures were late
- Late-arriving aircraft44%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)27%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion23%
- Extreme weather5%
- 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.