According to PlainFlights' airport traffic ranking (BTS On-Time Performance total flights), Sarasota/Bradenton, FL (SRQ) ranks #77 of 382 tracked US airports by total flights (most flights = #1). Sarasota/Bradenton, FL posts bottom-quartile on-time performance among the 382 tracked U.S. airports, as a high-volume U.S. airport.
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SRQ on-time rate vs. the national average
Ahead of the U.S. average across all 382 tracked airports.
Volume vs. on-time rate
Where Sarasota/Bradenton, FL sits on volume vs. on-time rate
Among the 382 U.S. airports in the BTS corpus, Sarasota/Bradenton, FL handles more flight
volume than 80% of them, and has a higher on-time rate than
15% of them, placing it in the quadrant for busy and delay-prone.
Flight volume and on-time rate are independent figures: a busy airport can still run
reliably, and a quiet one can still run late.
Sarasota/Bradenton, FL vs. a 29-airport national peer sample, volume percentile vs. on-time-rate percentile.
Total flights (2020-2025): 177,587 ·
On-time rate: 79.5%
Delay Cause Breakdown
Top delay cause: Late Aircraft.
Total delay minutes1,396,356 min
Late Aircraft632,158 min · 45%
Carrier417,628 min · 30%
NAS (National Aviation System)282,896 min · 20%
Weather62,365 min · 4%
Security1,309 min · 0%
Source: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, On-Time Performance
SRQ - seasonal on-time pattern
Best: September (93.8%) · worst: July (88.2%)
SRQ - on-time rate by year
2020–2025, year-over-year trend.
SRQ - taxi-out and taxi-in (monthly)
Average taxi-out 14.8 min · taxi-in 5.4 min over the last 24 reported months (U.S. airport mean taxi-out ≈ 16.4 min).
SRQ's average taxi-out (14.8 min) sits near the recent U.S. airport mean (~16.4 min). Month-to-month, it swings from 12.4 min (September 2025) to 17.9 min (March 2025).
Cancellation & Diversion Analysis
Flight disruption statistics for Sarasota/Bradenton, FL.
Cancellation Rate
1.40%
2,479 of 177,587 flights
Diversion Rate
0.14%
244 of 177,587 flights
Delay Rate
20.5%
36,365 of 177,587 flights
Top Routes from SRQ
Busiest routes to and from Sarasota/Bradenton, FL.
Two PlainFlights-derived comparison paths for Sarasota/Bradenton, FL, both outside Florida so the neighborhoods are not same-state geography. Axes stay disjoint: volume peers exclude the on-time peer set. Same-state compare stays below.
The standout signal at Sarasota/Bradenton, FL is the delay mix: Late Aircraft owns 45.3% of 1,396,356 delay minutes across 177,587 BTS flights. The on-time headline is 79.5% (0.5 pts above the 79% national average), with 36,365 delayed and 2,479 cancelled (1.40%).
Delay minutes concentrate in Late Aircraft (45.3% late-aircraft, 29.9% carrier, 20.3% NAS, 4.5% weather, 0.1% security). As a busy airport, that mix matters more for connection planning than for a thin schedule.
On the multi-year calendar, SRQ is strongest in September (93.8% on-time) and weakest in July (88.2%), a 5.6-point swing. Volume peaks in March (~3,440 flights/month). The busiest connecting route is to ATL (Atlanta) at 83.3% on-time. Field definitions: on-time performance explained.
Sarasota/Bradenton, FL vs. the national on-time distribution
On-time rate among all 382 tracked U.S. airports
79.5%Top 85%higher than 15% of 382 airports
Sarasota/Bradenton, FL
60%95%
U.S. airports by on-time rate, bucketed by value
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more airports. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Data Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025).
Statistics reflect cumulative performance across all available reporting periods. On-time rates exclude cancelled and diverted flights.
SRQ's on-time book sits in the slower half of the BTS set; check the delay mix and the worst month before treating the headline as typical.
Check the busiest route from SRQ before you book a connection. See top routes →
Travel in September rather than July if your dates are flexible. Seasonal patterns →
Gate-to-wheels taxi-out averages 14.8 min here; check the monthly series before a tight connection. Taxi times →
On-time rate reflects the BTS historical average across all reporting carriers at this airport, not any single flight or airline.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Sarasota/Bradenton, FL's on-time rate?
Sarasota/Bradenton, FL (SRQ) has a 79.5% on-time rate across 177,587 BTS-tracked flights (2020-2025), 0.5 pts above the 79% national flight-weighted average; that places it in roughly the bottom-quartile on-time performance.
How does SRQ rank among U.S. airports by traffic volume?
Sarasota/Bradenton, FL ranks #77 of 382 tracked US airports by total BTS flights (most flights = #1), making it a high-volume U.S. airport.
What's the most common cause of delays at Sarasota/Bradenton, FL?
Late Aircraft is the leading delay cause at SRQ, accounting for 45.3% of delay minutes. The full breakdown: 45.3% late-aircraft, 29.9% carrier, 20.3% NAS/air-traffic-control, 4.5% weather, and 0.1% security.
When is the best time to fly through Sarasota/Bradenton, FL?
September is historically SRQ's strongest month at 93.8% on-time, while July is the weakest at 88.2%, a 5.6-point swing across the BTS historical record.