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  "response": {
    "Key": "SRQ-CA",
    "orig": {
      "code": "SRQ",
      "type": "airport",
      "city": "Sarasota",
      "fullCity": "Sarasota, Florida",
      "airport": "Bradenton Intl Airport"
    },
    "dest": {
      "code": "CA",
      "type": "country",
      "country": "Canada"
    },
    "faq": {
      "q0": {
        "question": "Which cities in Canada can I fly to from Sarasota?",
        "answer": "From Sarasota you most often connect through Toronto Pearson or Montreal Trudeau, then onward to cities like Vancouver, Calgary or Ottawa. Toronto is the main hub for eastern Canada, while Vancouver serves the west coast and mountain regions. There are no non-stop flights from SRQ to Canada."
      },
      "q1": {
        "question": "How long is the flight from Sarasota to Canada?",
        "answer": "From Sarasota to Canada, non-stop flights to Toronto take about 3 hours, while one-stop trips to Vancouver or Calgary typically range from 7 to 10 hours total travel time. Westbound flights to western Canada are longer, and return flights are often shorter due to tailwinds."
      },
      "q2": {
        "question": "Are there direct flights from Sarasota to Canada?",
        "answer": "There are typically no non‑stop flights from Sarasota (SRQ) to any airport in Canada. Most itineraries require one connection, often through a major U.S. hub such as Atlanta, Charlotte, or Newark. Total travel times usually range from about 5½ to 8 hours depending on the connection and final Canadian city."
      },
      "q3": {
        "question": "Which airlines fly from Sarasota to Canada?",
        "answer": "From Sarasota to Canada you can fly with Air Canada, WestJet, Delta, American or United, typically via their hubs."
      },
      "q4": {
        "question": "When is the cheapest time to fly from Sarasota to Canada?",
        "answer": "The cheapest months to fly from Sarasota to Canada are April, September, January, and November, while peak summer (May–July) and the December holidays are the most expensive. Booking 10 to 13 weeks ahead typically yields the best fares, and flying midweek on off-peak departure times usually costs less than weekend or evening flights.",
        "methodology": "This 'good deal' estimate shows a representative best price for each departure date across roughly a 12-month window (about 3 months back and 9 months forward). It is built from real flight prices found by Priceline users searching this route, accumulated into a price history for each departure date. Rather than weighting all of that history equally, we apply exponential time decay so recent prices dominate — a price seen yesterday counts almost in full, one from about a month ago roughly a third, and prices from a few months back very little — giving a figure that tracks today's market instead of a stale long-run average. Clear price outliers are removed before any calculation, departure dates with no observations are filled in from nearby dates, and the resulting curve is lightly smoothed so it reads as a clean seasonal trend rather than day-to-day noise. This booking-window guidance is built from the same real flight prices found by Priceline users searching this route, re-grouped by how many days before departure each price was seen (from the departure day out to about 180 days ahead) across the route's price history. At each booking lead time we report the 25th-percentile price — the cheaper end of what travelers were quoted, rather than the rock-bottom minimum (which can be a fluke) or the average (which is pulled up by expensive last-minute fares). The buy-or-wait advice then applies a risk premium that grows as departure approaches, since seat availability shrinks and prices become less predictable; using that adjusted curve we flag windows where waiting is likely to save a meaningful amount (at least $20 or 5%) versus windows where booking now is the better call. Isolated single-day recommendations are filtered out, so the advice only reflects a window that holds for several days in a row. The cheapest day of the week and time of day to depart are drawn from the same large sample of real fares Priceline users found on this route in the last 72 hours, grouped by the day of the week and by the time-of-day window of the outbound departure, with the lowest and average price reported for each."
      },
      "q5": {
        "question": "How far in advance should I book flights from Sarasota to Canada?",
        "answer": "For flights from Sarasota to Canada, the best booking window is about 10 to 13 weeks ahead, when typical fares average around $574 and the lowest price of $458 appears at roughly 75 days before departure.",
        "methodology": "This booking-window guidance is built from the same real flight prices found by Priceline users searching this route, re-grouped by how many days before departure each price was seen (from the departure day out to about 180 days ahead) across the route's price history. At each booking lead time we report the 25th-percentile price — the cheaper end of what travelers were quoted, rather than the rock-bottom minimum (which can be a fluke) or the average (which is pulled up by expensive last-minute fares). The buy-or-wait advice then applies a risk premium that grows as departure approaches, since seat availability shrinks and prices become less predictable; using that adjusted curve we flag windows where waiting is likely to save a meaningful amount (at least $20 or 5%) versus windows where booking now is the better call. Isolated single-day recommendations are filtered out, so the advice only reflects a window that holds for several days in a row. Airlines and weekly frequencies are compiled from our flight-schedule database, which combines published airline timetables, U.S. government schedule data from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), and observed flight operations from the EUROCONTROL/OpenSky Open Performance Data Initiative (OPDI). We count each operating carrier's scheduled weekly departures and the days it flies; where there is no nonstop service, connecting carriers are identified by linking scheduled nonstop segments through common hub airports. Where a median fare is shown for a carrier, it reflects the real fares Priceline users found on this route in the last 72 hours."
      },
      "q6": {
        "question": "What are the most popular cities to visit in Canada?",
        "answer": "Top Canadian destinations from the U.S. include Toronto for museums and theater, Vancouver for mountains and coast, Montreal for French culture and food, Banff and Lake Louise for Rockies scenery and Quebec City for historic charm."
      },
      "q8": {
        "question": "Which airports in Canada are best to fly into from Sarasota?",
        "answer": "From Sarasota to Canada, Toronto Pearson is the top gateway with the most flight options and connections across the country. Montreal-Trudeau is a strong alternative for Quebec and eastern Canada, while Vancouver International is the best entry for the west coast and Rockies, though it requires a connection from Sarasota."
      },
      "q12": {
        "question": "When is the best time of year to visit Canada?",
        "answer": "For Canada, May to June and September to early October are ideal, with mild weather and fewer tourists than the busy, expensive summer months of July and August."
      },
      "q13": {
        "question": "How do I get to Bradenton Intl Airport from the city center?",
        "answer": "Reaching Sarasota–Bradenton International Airport from downtown Sarasota is easiest by car, taxi, or ride-share since the airport sits only about 3 miles north of the city center — a drive of roughly 10 minutes without traffic. Public transit is limited, but Breeze Transit (formerly SCAT) operates local bus routes in the area, and an Amtrak Thruway motorcoach stops in Sarasota along its St. Petersburg–Fort Myers corridor, though neither offers a direct airport shuttle. Driving yourself is the most popular and fastest option, with on-site parking available at the airport; taxis and ride-shares are similarly quick and convenient, while the bus is the least expensive but slower and less direct.",
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            "time_published": "2026-09-11T16:02:31Z"
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            "url": "https://airport-data.com/airport/SRQ/map",
            "title": "Sarasota/bradenton International Airport (SRQ) Map, Aerial Photo, Diagram - Airport-Data.com",
            "time_published": "2026-01-01T00:00:00Z"
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