Northwest Florida Beaches International in December 2024

81.5%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 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 480 domestic departures from Northwest Florida Beaches International (ECP). 81.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 77.9% reached their destination on time; 0.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.8% of flights departed on time and 78.1% arrived on time, so ECP departures were 3.7 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in December 2023, the airport had 474 departures with 88.6% leaving on time: a change of −7.1 points, with flights up 1%.

Flights arriving at ECP that month were on time 79.8% of the time (480 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 46%, late-arriving aircraft 31% and national aviation system 21%.

On time 77.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 21.5%
Cancelled 0.2%
Diverted 0.4%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2024	Dec 2023	ECP, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2024
Departed on time	81.5%	88.6%	77.6%	77.8%
Arrived on time	77.9%	86.9%	78.7%	78.1%
Cancelled	0.2%	0.2%	1.7%	0.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	15.2 min	11.1 min	16.3 min	16.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	16	16	27	19,686
Scheduled departures	480	474	9,679	590,581

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	187	39%	73.3%	7.3 min	0.0%
WN Southwest Airlines	154	32%	82.5%	5.9 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	66	14%	74.2%	26.5 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	46	10%	80.4%	-0.2 min	2.2%
OO SkyWest Airlines	14	3%	92.9%	3.0 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	13	3%	84.6%	-0.1 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ECP–ATL	Panama City to Atlanta	187	73.3%	7.3 min	0.0%
ECP–CLT	Panama City to Charlotte	78	76.9%	21.8 min	0.0%
ECP–BNA	Panama City to Nashville	77	83.1%	3.2 min	0.0%
ECP–DFW	Panama City to Dallas/Fort Worth	48	79.2%	0.9 min	2.1%
ECP–DAL	Panama City to Dallas	42	78.6%	10.3 min	0.0%
ECP–HOU	Panama City to Houston	33	87.9%	6.0 min	0.0%
ECP–ORD	Panama City to Chicago	13	92.3%	3.0 min	0.0%
ECP–STL	Panama City to St. Louis	2	50.0%	15.5 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 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	45.9%	34.3%	3,396
Late-arriving aircraft	30.9%	40.2%	2,281
National Aviation System	21.0%	17.8%	1,554
Extreme weather	2.2%	7.5%	162
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

7,393 delay minutes on 103 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 2024?

81.5% of 480 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 77.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.8% and 78.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In December 2023, 88.6% of 474 departures left on time and 0.2% were cancelled, against 81.5% and 0.2% in December 2024.

Provenance

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