On-Time Report

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Airport month · January 2026

Northwest Florida Beaches International in January 2026

85.2%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 January 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 479 domestic departures from Northwest Florida Beaches International (ECP). 85.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 85.8% reached their destination on time; 4.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.6% of flights departed on time and 75.3% arrived on time, so ECP departures were 9.6 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in January 2025, the airport had 416 departures with 78.8% leaving on time: a change of +6.4 points, with flights up 15%.

Flights arriving at ECP that month were on time 78.2% of the time (478 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 38%, extreme weather 24% and national aviation system 20%.

Every scheduled departure from ECP in January 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

MeasureJan 2026Jan 2025ECP, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Jan 2026
Departed on time85.2%78.8%77.6%75.6%
Arrived on time85.8%78.8%78.7%75.3%
Cancelled4.4%9.1%1.7%4.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)10.1 min11.9 min16.3 min16.7 min
Scheduled departures a day16142718,133
Scheduled departures4794169,679544,003

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
DL Delta Air Lines16134%85.7%-7.6 min5.0%
WN Southwest Airlines12225%92.6%-2.0 min1.6%
OH PSA Airlines9420%79.8%6.5 min7.4%
MQ Envoy Air6313%84.1%0.3 min4.8%
OO SkyWest Airlines337%81.8%-4.0 min3.0%
YX Republic Airline51%80.0%-4.4 min0.0%
AA American Airlines10%100.0%-10.0 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
ECP–ATLPanama City to Atlanta16185.7%-7.6 min5.0%
ECP–BNAPanama City to Nashville6692.4%3.5 min1.5%
ECP–DFWPanama City to Dallas/Fort Worth6686.4%-1.5 min4.5%
ECP–CLTPanama City to Charlotte6183.6%4.2 min6.6%
ECP–DALPanama City to Dallas3688.9%-5.5 min2.8%
ECP–DCAPanama City to Washington3167.7%15.0 min9.7%
ECP–IAHPanama City to Houston2580.0%-3.5 min4.0%
ECP–AUSPanama City to Austin1794.1%-11.2 min0.0%
ECP–HOUPanama City to Houston10100.0%-12.2 min0.0%
ECP–ORDPanama City to Chicago580.0%-4.4 min0.0%
ECP–STLPanama City to St. Louis1100.0%-7.0 min0.0%

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), January 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Jan 2026Minutes
Air carrier18.3%37.3%750
Late-arriving aircraft37.5%35.0%1,537
National Aviation System20.2%18.0%828
Extreme weather24.0%9.6%986
Security0.0%0.1%0
4,101 delay minutes on 47 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.
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Questions and answers

How many flights left ECP on time in January 2026?

85.2% of 479 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 85.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.6% and 75.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In January 2025, 78.8% of 416 departures left on time and 9.1% were cancelled, against 85.2% and 4.4% in January 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2026; 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.