Northwest Florida Beaches International in May 2024

69.6%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 May 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 826 domestic departures from Northwest Florida Beaches International (ECP). 69.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 66.6% reached their destination on time; 1.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 73.4% of flights departed on time and 72.3% arrived on time, so ECP departures were 3.8 points below the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at ECP that month were on time 69.1% of the time (826 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 52%, air carrier 22% and national aviation system 18%.

On time 66.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 31.2%
Cancelled 1.5%
Diverted 0.7%

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

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

Measure	May 2024	Year earlier	ECP, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, May 2024
Departed on time	69.6%	—	77.6%	73.4%
Arrived on time	66.6%	—	78.7%	72.3%
Cancelled	1.5%	—	1.7%	1.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	21.8 min	—	16.3 min	20.8 min
Scheduled departures a day	28	—	27	20,325
Scheduled departures	826	—	9,679	609,743

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	303	37%	71.0%	14.0 min	0.7%
DL Delta Air Lines	212	26%	78.3%	5.8 min	0.9%
OH PSA Airlines	97	12%	59.8%	27.1 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	89	11%	56.2%	44.4 min	4.5%
MQ Envoy Air	89	11%	38.2%	35.5 min	3.4%
OO SkyWest Airlines	35	4%	74.3%	15.4 min	2.9%
YX Republic Airline	1	0%	100.0%	13.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ECP–ATL	Panama City to Atlanta	212	78.3%	5.8 min	0.9%
ECP–CLT	Panama City to Charlotte	124	63.7%	23.2 min	0.0%
ECP–DFW	Panama City to Dallas/Fort Worth	116	44.0%	50.0 min	5.2%
ECP–BNA	Panama City to Nashville	97	71.1%	14.1 min	1.0%
ECP–DAL	Panama City to Dallas	70	64.3%	16.9 min	1.4%
ECP–HOU	Panama City to Houston	39	84.6%	5.0 min	0.0%
ECP–STL	Panama City to St. Louis	38	71.1%	17.4 min	0.0%
ECP–MDW	Panama City to Chicago	35	71.4%	16.7 min	0.0%
ECP–ORD	Panama City to Chicago	35	80.0%	13.4 min	2.9%
ECP–DCA	Panama City to Washington	31	25.8%	37.7 min	3.2%
ECP–MCI	Panama City to Kansas City	12	75.0%	4.7 min	0.0%
ECP–DEN	Panama City to Denver	8	50.0%	14.5 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

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

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), May 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, May 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	21.9%	29.8%	4,012
Late-arriving aircraft	52.4%	43.0%	9,623
National Aviation System	17.9%	20.1%	3,277
Extreme weather	7.8%	7.0%	1,437
Security	0.0%	0.1%	4

18,353 delay minutes on 258 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 May 2024?

69.6% of 826 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 66.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 73.4% and 72.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

May 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 May 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.