PHL to SRQ flight delays
Philadelphia, PA (PHL) Sarasota/Bradenton, FL (SRQ) · 957 miles
466 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
83.41%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
3%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
80 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
14 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
Cancellation, not delay, is the risk worth pricing here: 3% of scheduled flights never operated. A late flight still gets you there. A cancelled one leaves you rebooking, and on a route with few daily departures that can mean losing a day.
The shape of the lateness matters here. Flights on this route are not late often, but when they are late they are late by about 80 minutes — long enough to lose a connection or an evening. The on-time percentage looks reassuring and understates the consequence of being on the wrong flight.
The season swings this route hard. In August it ran 19.8 points more punctual than in December — a difference bigger than the one between the best and worst airlines on most routes. If the date is flexible, it is worth more than the carrier.
This is a thin route — 466 flights across the whole period. On a route this infrequent a cancellation is far more costly than the rate suggests, because the next departure may not be the same day.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over January 2025 – August 2026, American Airlines arrived on time most often on PHL to SRQ. PSA Airlines was late most often. Flights ran closest to schedule in September and worst in December.
Every airline on PHL to SRQ
Ranked by how many flights each one operated. A carrier with fewer than 100 flights in the period is listed but not graded.
| Airline | Flights | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA Airlines | 149 | 82.07% | 2.68% | 101 min | C |
| American Airlines | 143 | 84.4% | 1.4% | 60 min | B |
| Frontier Airlines | 87 | 81.71% | 5.75% | 91 min | — |
| Republic Airways | 87 | 85.71% | 3.45% | 58 min | — |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
Other routes from Philadelphia
Common questions
Are flights from Philadelphia to Sarasota/Bradenton usually delayed?
83.41% of flights on the PHL to SRQ route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 2 in every ten arrived late. That is better than the average route in this record.
Which airline is most on time from Philadelphia to Sarasota/Bradenton?
American Airlines, at 84.4% on time across 143 flights. The least punctual on the route was PSA Airlines at 82.07%.
How often are PHL to SRQ flights cancelled?
3% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 30 in every thousand. That is high enough that cancellation, not delay, is the risk worth planning around.
What is the best month to fly Philadelphia to Sarasota/Bradenton?
August, when 93.8% of flights arrived on time. The worst was December at 74%.
When PHL to SRQ flights are late, how late are they?
About 80 minutes on average across the flights that arrived more than 15 minutes behind schedule.
What these figures do and do not tell you
Everything on this page is counted from the flights that actually operated on PHL to SRQ during January 2025 – August 2026, as reported by the airlines to the US Bureau of Transportation Statistics. "On time" is the federal definition: arriving at the gate within 15 minutes of the scheduled time.
A route's record is a description of the past, not a forecast. Weather, air traffic control and the aircraft's earlier flights that day drive most delays, and none of them are predictable from a historical rate. What the record does tell you is whether this route runs late more often than others, and which carrier on it has the better history — which is the part you can actually act on when you book.
Cancellations are counted separately from delays because they are a different problem for a traveller: a late flight still gets you there. How the grade is calculated →