Northwest Florida Beaches International in September 2025

88.1%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 September 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 713 domestic departures from Northwest Florida Beaches International (ECP). 88.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 89.3% reached their destination on time; 0.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 82.8% arrived on time, so ECP departures were 5.0 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in September 2024, the airport had 716 departures with 83.1% leaving on time: a change of +5.0 points, with flights down 0%.

Flights arriving at ECP that month were on time 86.1% of the time (712 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 60%, air carrier 27% and national aviation system 8%.

On time 89.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 10.1%
Cancelled 0.4%
Diverted 0.1%

Every scheduled departure from ECP in September 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

September 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Sep 2025	Sep 2024	ECP, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2025
Departed on time	88.1%	83.1%	77.6%	83.1%
Arrived on time	89.3%	84.6%	78.7%	82.8%
Cancelled	0.4%	2.5%	1.7%	0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	7.0 min	10.1 min	16.3 min	12.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	24	24	27	18,748
Scheduled departures	713	716	9,679	562,439

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	263	37%	92.0%	-4.1 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	192	27%	89.1%	-4.3 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	105	15%	88.6%	-6.7 min	1.9%
MQ Envoy Air	63	9%	84.1%	-0.9 min	1.6%
YX Republic Airline	56	8%	87.5%	1.0 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	34	5%	85.3%	6.3 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ECP–ATL	Panama City to Atlanta	192	89.1%	-4.3 min	0.0%
ECP–DFW	Panama City to Dallas/Fort Worth	92	84.8%	-0.7 min	1.1%
ECP–BNA	Panama City to Nashville	90	97.8%	-6.6 min	0.0%
ECP–CLT	Panama City to Charlotte	70	91.4%	-9.1 min	1.4%
ECP–AUS	Panama City to Austin	51	84.3%	3.6 min	0.0%
ECP–DAL	Panama City to Dallas	51	88.2%	-4.8 min	0.0%
ECP–STL	Panama City to St. Louis	34	88.2%	-1.1 min	0.0%
ECP–DCA	Panama City to Washington	30	80.0%	5.0 min	3.3%
ECP–HOU	Panama City to Houston	30	96.7%	-6.7 min	0.0%
ECP–ORD	Panama City to Chicago	30	93.3%	-5.2 min	0.0%
ECP–MDW	Panama City to Chicago	21	85.7%	-1.9 min	0.0%
ECP–DEN	Panama City to Denver	8	100.0%	-11.4 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), September 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	27.2%	34.3%	1,109
Late-arriving aircraft	60.0%	37.4%	2,442
National Aviation System	8.2%	22.6%	332
Extreme weather	3.2%	5.6%	131
Security	1.4%	0.1%	57

4,071 delay minutes on 72 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 September 2025?

88.1% of 713 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 89.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 82.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In September 2024, 83.1% of 716 departures left on time and 2.5% were cancelled, against 88.1% and 0.4% in September 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for September 2025; 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.