Northwest Florida Beaches International in August 2024

80.7%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 August 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 861 domestic departures from Northwest Florida Beaches International (ECP). 80.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 82.2% reached their destination on time; 0.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.4% of flights departed on time and 74.7% arrived on time, so ECP departures were 5.3 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in August 2023, the airport had 664 departures with 75.8% leaving on time: a change of +4.9 points, with flights up 30%.

Flights arriving at ECP that month were on time 82.7% of the time (861 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 50%, air carrier 37% and national aviation system 11%.

On time 82.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.1%
Cancelled 0.6%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Aug 2024	Aug 2023	ECP, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2024
Departed on time	80.7%	75.8%	77.6%	75.4%
Arrived on time	82.2%	77.3%	78.7%	74.7%
Cancelled	0.6%	0.9%	1.7%	2.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	15.2 min	14.4 min	16.3 min	18.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	29	22	27	20,634
Scheduled departures	861	664	9,679	619,025

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	337	39%	82.2%	1.6 min	0.3%
DL Delta Air Lines	230	27%	89.1%	-3.2 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	127	15%	77.2%	31.0 min	1.6%
MQ Envoy Air	70	8%	81.4%	8.1 min	1.4%
OO SkyWest Airlines	47	5%	80.9%	-3.2 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	45	5%	64.4%	16.7 min	2.2%
YX Republic Airline	5	1%	80.0%	2.8 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ECP–ATL	Panama City to Atlanta	230	89.1%	-3.2 min	0.0%
ECP–DFW	Panama City to Dallas/Fort Worth	103	80.6%	16.0 min	0.0%
ECP–CLT	Panama City to Charlotte	96	70.8%	29.9 min	2.1%
ECP–BNA	Panama City to Nashville	95	90.5%	-4.3 min	0.0%
ECP–DAL	Panama City to Dallas	65	80.0%	5.2 min	0.0%
ECP–STL	Panama City to St. Louis	40	85.0%	-1.0 min	0.0%
ECP–DCA	Panama City to Washington	36	77.8%	15.0 min	5.6%
ECP–ORD	Panama City to Chicago	32	71.9%	4.6 min	0.0%
ECP–HOU	Panama City to Houston	31	83.9%	2.4 min	0.0%
ECP–DEN	Panama City to Denver	29	75.9%	1.0 min	0.0%
ECP–AUS	Panama City to Austin	24	83.3%	2.9 min	0.0%
ECP–MDW	Panama City to Chicago	24	87.5%	-4.9 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), August 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	37.4%	33.8%	4,319
Late-arriving aircraft	50.4%	39.8%	5,815
National Aviation System	10.5%	20.4%	1,216
Extreme weather	1.6%	5.9%	185
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

11,535 delay minutes on 147 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 August 2024?

80.7% of 861 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 82.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.4% and 74.7%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In August 2023, 75.8% of 664 departures left on time and 0.9% were cancelled, against 80.7% and 0.6% in August 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 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.