Northwest Florida Beaches International in October 2023

87.4%departed on time

BTS: A flight is counted as on time if it arrived less than 15 minutes after its scheduled time. Only carriers with at least 0.5 percent of domestic scheduled passenger revenue report.

In October 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 547 domestic departures from Northwest Florida Beaches International (ECP). 87.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 88.8% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.8% of flights departed on time and 84.0% arrived on time, so ECP departures were 3.6 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at ECP that month were on time 86.2% of the time (549 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 60%, air carrier 23% and national aviation system 12%.

On time 88.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 11.2%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from ECP in October 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

October 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Oct 2023	Year earlier	ECP, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2023
Departed on time	87.4%	—	77.6%	83.8%
Arrived on time	88.8%	—	78.7%	84.0%
Cancelled	0.0%	—	1.7%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	8.0 min	—	16.3 min	11.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	18	—	27	19,966
Scheduled departures	547	—	9,679	598,968

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	211	39%	89.1%	-1.8 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	169	31%	94.1%	-5.7 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	69	13%	81.2%	3.1 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	54	10%	81.5%	11.5 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	27	5%	92.6%	-15.1 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	9	2%	88.9%	-11.9 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	8	1%	75.0%	14.3 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ECP–ATL	Panama City to Atlanta	169	94.1%	-5.7 min	0.0%
ECP–BNA	Panama City to Nashville	102	90.2%	-3.6 min	0.0%
ECP–DFW	Panama City to Dallas/Fort Worth	70	82.9%	3.5 min	0.0%
ECP–CLT	Panama City to Charlotte	61	77.0%	11.5 min	0.0%
ECP–DAL	Panama City to Dallas	40	92.5%	-1.9 min	0.0%
ECP–HOU	Panama City to Houston	36	80.6%	1.9 min	0.0%
ECP–STL	Panama City to St. Louis	33	90.9%	0.1 min	0.0%
ECP–DCA	Panama City to Washington	31	93.5%	-13.8 min	0.0%
ECP–IAH	Panama City to Houston	5	100.0%	-16.4 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

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On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), October 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	23.1%	41.3%	850
Late-arriving aircraft	60.2%	40.5%	2,218
National Aviation System	12.2%	14.4%	451
Extreme weather	4.5%	3.7%	167
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

3,686 delay minutes on 61 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

How many flights left ECP on time in October 2023?

87.4% of 547 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 88.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.8% and 84.0%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

October 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for October 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for ECP · methodology · corrections.