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IAD vs SRQ - Airport Comparison

Select two airports to compare on-time performance, delays, cancellations, and top routes using U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) data (2020–2025) across all 50 states. See our methodology for how metrics are computed.

Airport A
IAD

Washington, DC

Washington, Virginia

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Airport B
SRQ

Sarasota/Bradenton, FL

Sarasota/Bradenton, Florida

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Key Performance Metrics

BTS on-time performance data, 2020–2025 cumulative.

Metric IAD SRQ
On-Time Rate (higher is better) 84.1% 79.5%
Avg Delay (lower is better) 81.3 min 76.6 min
Delay Rate (lower is better) 15.9% 20.5%
Cancellation Rate (lower is better) 1.05% 1.40%
Total Flights 618,145 177,587
Delayed Flights 98,139 36,365
Cancelled Flights 6,473 2,479
Top Delay Cause Carrier Late Aircraft

✓ / ▲ indicates the more favorable value. Data: BTS On-Time Performance, 2020–2025.

Delay Cause Breakdown

IAD - Washington, DC

Carrier 37.9%
Late Aircraft 30.2%
NAS 22.4%
Weather 9.5%
Security 0.1%

SRQ - Sarasota/Bradenton, FL

Late Aircraft 45.3%
Carrier 29.9%
NAS 20.3%
Weather 4.5%
Security 0.1%

Top Routes

Top routes from IAD

Route Flights On-Time
IAD → ATL
Atlanta
20,387 84.2%
ATL → IAD
Washington
20,375 84%
DEN → IAD
Washington
17,394 79.1%
IAD → DEN
Denver
17,372 83.1%
CLT → IAD
Washington
13,324 83.6%
IAD → CLT
Charlotte
13,287 83.5%

Top routes from SRQ

Route Flights On-Time
ATL → SRQ
Sarasota/Bradenton
14,576 83.3%
SRQ → ATL
Atlanta
14,548 89.1%
CLT → SRQ
Sarasota/Bradenton
9,279 79.1%
SRQ → CLT
Charlotte
9,279 83.8%
SRQ → BWI
Baltimore
6,379 83.4%
BWI → SRQ
Sarasota/Bradenton
6,348 74.6%

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025) Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025) On-time rates exclude cancelled and diverted flights. PlainFlights is not affiliated with BTS or the DOT

Every figure on PlainFlights is rendered directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no number is typed in by an editor. This tool queries live on-time, delay, and cancellation figures for the two selected airports from the dataset. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.