Sarasota/Bradenton, FL

What the Data Says About SRQ

Sarasota/Bradenton, FL in Sarasota/Bradenton, Florida handled 177,587 flights in the Bureau of Transportation Statistics dataset between 2020 and 2025, posting a 79.5% on-time departure rate. Of those flights, 36,365 experienced delays, 2,479 were cancelled, and 244 were diverted. The cancellation rate works out to 1.40%, the diversion rate to 0.14%, and the average delay when departures run late is 76.6 minutes. These figures are the baseline for comparing SRQ against other airports in the same state and nationally.

Breaking down what drives delays at SRQ, Late Aircraft leads the pack. Late Aircraft accounts for 45.3% of total delay minutes, followed by Carrier at 29.9% and NAS (National Aviation System) at 20.3%. Weather contributes 4.5% of delay minutes at this airport, while security holds the smallest share at 0.1%. Travelers often overestimate the weather share; the BTS categorization shows late-arriving aircraft and carrier operations as the larger contributors.

Seasonally, September runs the cleanest at SRQ with a 93.8% on-time rate, while July is the roughest at 88.2% — a 6-point swing between best and worst month. Volume peaks in March, when average flights hit 3,440. The busiest route from SRQ is to SRQ (Sarasota/Bradenton), with 14,576 flights at a 83.3% on-time rate. Combine these numbers — 79.5% on-time, 76.6-minute average delay, 1.40% cancellation rate — and you have a concrete picture of departure reliability at Sarasota/Bradenton, FL.