Historical on-time performance
Sarasota to St. Louis
903 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on SRQ–STL arrive on time 86% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate86%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay20 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.9%of scheduled flights
based on 343 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).
By airline
How each carrier compares
- Southwest AirlinesOn-time86%Medianon timep9020 minCancel0.9%Flights343
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline21%
- Weather6%
- Air traffic (NAS)10%
- Late aircraft63%
- Security0%
Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.
Over time
On-time trend
By season
On-time rate by month
When to fly
Best time to fly SRQ → STL
All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-01 .. 2025-12).
Best time of day
Mornings are the most reliable time of day to fly this route — 95% on time.
- Mornings95% on time · p90 5 min · 486 flights
- Middays76% on time · p90 30 min · 276 flights
- Afternoons73% on time · p90 50 min · 162 flights · limited
- Evenings72% on time · p90 70 min · 114 flights · limited
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 75% to 89% on time.
- Tuesdays89% on time · p90 15 min · 129 flights · limited
- Thursdays87% on time · p90 20 min · 140 flights · limited
- Fridays86% on time · p90 25 min · 138 flights · limited
- Mondays85% on time · p90 20 min · 135 flights · limited
- Wednesdays85% on time · p90 15 min · 134 flights · limited
- Saturdays78% on time · p90 40 min · 212 flights
- Sundays75% on time · p90 65 min · 181 flights · limited
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