Route profile
CLT→SRQ
Flight reliability, delays and best times to fly from Charlotte to Sarasota/Bradenton, 547 miles.
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Route reliability
July 2023 – July 2026
Better than 20% of comparable major US routes (4,598 compared)
Calculated from 4,993 flights. How this is calculated · What counts as on time
CLT → SRQ arrives on time 75.8% of the time; the return trip, SRQ → CLT, arrives on time 81.6% of the time, a 5.8-point gap between the two directions of the same city pair.
CLT → SRQ spends 25.0 minutes on the ground on a 547-mile trip: 19.9 minutes from pushback to wheels-up at CLT and 5.1 minutes from touchdown to gate at SRQ.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · Data covering July 2023 – July 2026
What sets this route apart
Where CLT to SRQ differs most from similar routes by hour, weekday, month and airline, July 2023 – July 2026.
CLT to SRQ struggles most at 6 PM: 54.3% of its flights scheduled then arrive on time, 13.9 points behind the 68.2% on routes of similar length at the same hour. Against all other routes the gap is 14.3 points.
Tuesday is the day CLT to SRQ slips furthest against routes of similar length, 77.5% on time where they average 82.6%, 5.1 points lower. Against all other routes the gap is 4.1 points.
In August, CLT to SRQ runs 7.5 points below routes of similar length, 69.9% on time to 77.4%. Against all other routes the gap is 6.6 points.
PSA Airlines does better on CLT to SRQ than on its routes of similar length: 84.5% on time here, 75.5% there, 9 points apart. Against all other routes the gap is 8.8 points.
CLT to SRQ against comparable routes
July 2023 – July 2026| Measure | This route | Compared with | Them | Gap | Flights behind it |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hour: 6 PM departures | 54.3% | routes of similar length | 68.2% | −13.9 pts | 245 here, 99,286 there |
| Weekday: Tuesday | 77.5% | routes of similar length | 82.6% | −5.1 pts | 652 here, 241,943 there |
| Month: August | 69.9% | routes of similar length | 77.4% | −7.5 pts | 345 here, 146,384 there |
| Airline: PSA Airlines | 84.5% | routes of similar length | 75.5% | +9.0 pts | 793 here, 22,129 there |
Each comparison pools the flights of other routes, with this route’s own left out. Similar length means within 15% of this route’s 547 miles, with at least 5 such routes. A bucket is set against the most comparable group that has enough flights: similar length, then the same origin (at least 3 routes), then all other routes. Hours, weekdays and months appear only where both sides have 120 completed flights, and airlines where both have 600. The gap must be at least 2 points and 2 standard errors, and only the largest gap each way is kept per measure. These are differences in the flights counted, not causes.
CLT to SRQ in context
This route against CLT and SRQ as a whole, against similar routes from CLT, and against its own first year, July 2023 – July 2026.
Arriving at SRQ, CLT to SRQ is on time 75.8% of the time, 2.6 points worse than the airport’s other arrivals at SRQ (78.4%, from 45,606 flights).
CLT to SRQ arrived on time 77.3% of the time in its latest twelve months (August 2025 to July 2026), 3.4 points above the 73.9% of its first twelve (July 2023 to June 2024).
Of the 4,640 flights scheduled in hours with at least 120 flights, 11 AM is the busiest hour with 879 (18.9%), 80.0% of them on time, and 3 PM the quietest with 171 (3.7%), 66.5% of them on time.
Airport comparisons take this route’s flights out of the airport total. Length means within 15% of this route’s distance, with at least 3 other routes from the same origin. On-time gaps are stated at 2 points and 2 standard errors, cancellation gaps at 0.5 points and 2 standard errors, and every group needs 750 flights. These are differences in the flights counted, not causes.
Why CLT → SRQ flights are cancelled
July 2023 – July 2026
CLT → SRQ cancelled 106 of 4,993 scheduled flights — about 1 in every 47. The reason filed most often was extreme weather, 89.6% of the cancellations coded on this route — about 1 in every 53 scheduled flights.
Share of cancellations
Of 106 cancelled departures carrying a reason code.
What each reason means
Conditions the carrier judged severe enough to stop the flight: a blizzard, a hurricane, a line of thunderstorms.
95 cancellations, 89.6% of the total.
Crew, maintenance, aircraft cleaning, baggage or fueling: what BTS counts as within the carrier’s own control.
7 cancellations, 6.6% of the total.
Airport capacity, air traffic control flow programs, heavy traffic and ordinary bad weather. A system decision, not the airline’s.
4 cancellations, 3.8% of the total.
A terminal evacuation, a security breach, screening equipment failure, or screening queues over 29 minutes.
0 cancellations, 0.0% of the total.
Reason codes are the operating airline’s own filing with US DOT, not an independent finding of fault. With only one or two carriers on the route, the split mostly reflects how they file. Ordinary bad weather is filed under air traffic, so weather’s full share is larger than its bar.
106 coded cancellations were recorded on CLT → SRQ; the section appears from 50.
When it goes wrong
July 2023 – July 2026
56 min late
against a median of 4 min early
CLT → SRQ has an average that understates its risk: a typical arrival is 4 min early, but the worst tenth are 60 minutes worse than that. If the trip has something unmissable at the end of it, the median is the wrong number to plan against.
Percentiles over 4,993 operations; cancelled and diverted flights are counted separately.
Will your connection be tight enough?
Layovers at SRQ after arriving from CLT.
| Connection time | Chance of missing | Reads as |
|---|---|---|
| 30 min | 41% | Likely to miss |
| 45 min | 23% | High risk |
| 60 min | 16% | High risk |
| 90 min | 9.4% | Some risk |
| 120 min | 5.9% | Some risk |
This is one leg of a connection. Gate changes and the next flight's own schedule matter too. And a connection can fail before delay is even the question — this route cancels 2.12% of the time and diverts 0.20% of the time, which a late arrival never shows up in.
Chance of missing is the share of 4,877 arrivals on this route that landed later than the connection time less 30 minutes to reach the next gate.
The worst tenth of arrivals on this route land at least 56 minutes late (90th-percentile gate arrival delay), over 4,993 operations.
Any other layover length: connection checker.
Best time to fly
CLT → SRQ flights departing 5–9 AM arrived on time 89.3% of the time, against 66.9% for 6–9 PM departures, a gap of 22.4 percentage points.
By departure window
By departure hour
- 12 AM to 6 AM: too few flights to score
- 7 AM: 89.9% on time from 341 flights
- 8 AM: 88.4% on time from 261 flights
- 9 AM: 83.0% on time from 552 flights
- 10 AM: too few flights to score
- 11 AM: 80.0% on time from 879 flights
- 12 PM to 1 PM: too few flights to score
- 2 PM: 76.5% on time from 460 flights
- 3 PM: 66.5% on time from 171 flights
- 4 PM: 66.1% on time from 408 flights
- 5 PM: 70.0% on time from 439 flights
- 6 PM: 54.3% on time from 250 flights
- 7 PM: 71.4% on time from 504 flights
- 8 PM: 69.3% on time from 375 flights
- 9 PM to 11 PM: too few flights to score
Why CLT → SRQ runs late
July 2023 – July 2026
the inbound aircraft was late, so this flight started late
crew, maintenance, boarding and fueling, all within the carrier’s control
airspace and airport capacity, including weather-driven flow control
weather severe enough to stop this flight specifically
screening or terminal security incidents
Share of the delay minutes US DOT attributed to each cause for CLT → SRQ. Only delays of 15 minutes or more are attributed. What the five causes mean
Late-arriving aircraft is the largest cause on CLT → SRQ, at 51.8%: flights here mostly leave late because the plane came in late, and the day shows it: 5–9 AM departures arrived on time 89.3% of the time and 6–9 PM departures 66.9%.
Airlines on this route
Carriers with at least 200 flights, by the airline that operated each one.
| Carrier | Flights | On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines | 4,045 | 73.9% | 2.18% | -3 min | 10.6% |
| PSA Airlines | 810 | 84.5% | 1.98% | -9 min | 4.9% |
American Airlines flew 83.3% of the 4,855 flights listed.
PSA Airlines arrived on time 10.6 percentage points more often than American Airlines on this route.
Weekly and seasonal patterns
By day of week
Wednesday is historically the most reliable day and Sunday the least, a gap of 8.8 percentage points.
By month
- Jan: 75.9%
- Feb: 76.0%
- Mar: 73.6%
- Apr: 77.0%
- May: 74.0%
- Jun: 75.8%
- Jul: 62.9%
- Aug: 69.9%
- Sep: 82.8%
- Oct: 83.9%
- Nov: 84.7%
- Dec: 75.0%
July is historically the weakest month and November the strongest, a spread of 21.8 percentage points.
Reliability over time
July 2023 – July 2026
- July 2023: too few flights to score (117)
- August 2023: 74.1% from 123 flights
- September 2023: too few flights to score (109)
- October 2023: 81.8% from 143 flights
- November 2023: 83.9% from 168 flights
- December 2023: 73.3% from 172 flights
- January 2024: 70.3% from 173 flights
- February 2024: 75.9% from 170 flights
- March 2024: 69.9% from 186 flights
- April 2024: 73.3% from 176 flights
- May 2024: 65.8% from 159 flights
- June 2024: 71.1% from 124 flights
- July 2024: 52.5% from 122 flights
- August 2024: too few flights to score (119)
- September 2024: too few flights to score (119)
- October 2024: too few flights to score (118)
- November 2024: 91.2% from 170 flights
- December 2024: 78.1% from 162 flights
- January 2025: 81.9% from 140 flights
- February 2025: 75.4% from 130 flights
- March 2025: 77.5% from 155 flights
- April 2025: 80.5% from 150 flights
- May 2025: 73.5% from 147 flights
- June 2025: 78.2% from 122 flights
- July 2025: 69.7% from 121 flights
- August 2025: 71.7% from 122 flights
- September 2025: too few flights to score (99)
- October 2025: too few flights to score (117)
- November 2025: 78.2% from 150 flights
- December 2025: 73.5% from 136 flights
- January 2026: too few flights to score (99)
- February 2026: too few flights to score (100)
- March 2026: 74.6% from 124 flights
- April 2026: 77.9% from 140 flights
- May 2026: 84.5% from 129 flights
- June 2026: too few flights to score (90)
- July 2026: too few flights to score (92)
Over the most recent 12 months (2025-08 to 2026-07), on-time arrivals averaged 77.3% against 78.5% in the 12 months before — broadly unchanged.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 4,993 CLT → SRQ flight records from the US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, covering July 2023 – July 2026. Late means 15 or more minutes past scheduled arrival; cancelled and diverted flights are left out of on-time rates.
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