Northwest Florida Beaches International in March 2024

80.1%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 March 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 709 domestic departures from Northwest Florida Beaches International (ECP). 80.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.5% reached their destination on time; 0.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.5% of flights departed on time and 78.3% arrived on time, so ECP departures were 1.6 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at ECP that month were on time 79.9% of the time (710 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 52%, air carrier 36% and national aviation system 9%.

On time 81.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.3%
Cancelled 0.1%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from ECP in March 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

March 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Mar 2024	Year earlier	ECP, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2024
Departed on time	80.1%	—	77.6%	78.5%
Arrived on time	81.5%	—	78.7%	78.3%
Cancelled	0.1%	—	1.7%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	16.0 min	—	16.3 min	15.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	24	—	27	19,726
Scheduled departures	709	—	9,679	591,767

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	274	39%	85.0%	3.0 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	184	26%	84.8%	6.3 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	122	17%	73.8%	19.3 min	0.8%
OH PSA Airlines	97	14%	74.2%	9.8 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	25	4%	84.0%	0.9 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	5	1%	100.0%	-3.6 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	2	0%	50.0%	5.5 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ECP–ATL	Panama City to Atlanta	184	84.8%	6.3 min	0.0%
ECP–CLT	Panama City to Charlotte	124	76.6%	5.6 min	0.0%
ECP–BNA	Panama City to Nashville	91	90.1%	0.5 min	0.0%
ECP–DFW	Panama City to Dallas/Fort Worth	64	68.8%	29.5 min	1.6%
ECP–DAL	Panama City to Dallas	56	80.4%	7.8 min	0.0%
ECP–HOU	Panama City to Houston	39	82.1%	9.7 min	0.0%
ECP–DCA	Panama City to Washington	33	75.8%	21.8 min	0.0%
ECP–STL	Panama City to St. Louis	29	93.1%	-6.1 min	0.0%
ECP–ORD	Panama City to Chicago	25	84.0%	2.0 min	0.0%
ECP–MDW	Panama City to Chicago	23	78.3%	2.7 min	0.0%
ECP–DEN	Panama City to Denver	13	92.3%	-8.4 min	0.0%
ECP–BWI	Panama City to Baltimore	8	75.0%	-0.1 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), March 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	36.2%	32.1%	3,723
Late-arriving aircraft	51.5%	42.1%	5,291
National Aviation System	9.0%	21.4%	921
Extreme weather	3.3%	4.2%	335
Security	0.0%	0.2%	4

10,274 delay minutes on 130 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 March 2024?

80.1% of 709 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.5% and 78.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

March 2023 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 March 2024; 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.