Northwest Florida Beaches International in December 2023

88.6%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 December 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 474 domestic departures from Northwest Florida Beaches International (ECP). 88.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 86.9% reached their destination on time; 0.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 83.8% arrived on time, so ECP departures were 5.5 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at ECP that month were on time 83.7% of the time (472 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 50%, late-arriving aircraft 37% and national aviation system 13%.

On time 86.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 12.7%
Cancelled 0.2%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2023	Year earlier	ECP, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2023
Departed on time	88.6%	—	77.6%	83.1%
Arrived on time	86.9%	—	78.7%	83.8%
Cancelled	0.2%	—	1.7%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	11.1 min	—	16.3 min	11.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	16	—	27	19,013
Scheduled departures	474	—	9,679	570,394

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	158	33%	89.9%	2.5 min	0.6%
DL Delta Air Lines	150	32%	90.7%	-6.7 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	75	16%	76.0%	15.9 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	38	8%	89.5%	-2.2 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	29	6%	82.8%	6.0 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	24	5%	79.2%	4.5 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ECP–ATL	Panama City to Atlanta	150	90.7%	-6.7 min	0.0%
ECP–BNA	Panama City to Nashville	90	88.9%	4.7 min	1.1%
ECP–DFW	Panama City to Dallas/Fort Worth	67	76.1%	16.6 min	0.0%
ECP–CLT	Panama City to Charlotte	62	80.6%	5.5 min	0.0%
ECP–IAH	Panama City to Houston	37	89.2%	-1.7 min	0.0%
ECP–DAL	Panama City to Dallas	33	93.9%	-6.1 min	0.0%
ECP–HOU	Panama City to Houston	33	87.9%	5.5 min	0.0%
ECP–STL	Panama City to St. Louis	2	100.0%	-1.5 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

100

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

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

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	49.5%	37.1%	2,424
Late-arriving aircraft	37.1%	38.8%	1,815
National Aviation System	12.5%	17.6%	611
Extreme weather	0.9%	6.2%	44
Security	0.0%	0.3%	0

4,894 delay minutes on 60 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 December 2023?

88.6% of 474 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 86.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 83.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

December 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 December 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.