On-Time Report

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Airport month · April 2026

Northwest Florida Beaches International in April 2026

80.4%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 April 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 923 domestic departures from Northwest Florida Beaches International (ECP). 80.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.0% reached their destination on time; 1.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.1% of flights departed on time and 78.9% arrived on time, so ECP departures were 1.3 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in April 2025, the airport had 808 departures with 78.7% leaving on time: a change of +1.7 points, with flights up 14%.

Flights arriving at ECP that month were on time 79.7% of the time (925 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 45%, air carrier 33% and national aviation system 15%.

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

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

MeasureApr 2026Apr 2025ECP, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Apr 2026
Departed on time80.4%78.7%77.6%79.1%
Arrived on time81.0%79.0%78.7%78.9%
Cancelled1.3%0.9%1.7%0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)14.0 min17.1 min16.3 min14.5 min
Scheduled departures a day31272719,931
Scheduled departures9238089,679597,919

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
WN Southwest Airlines34637%80.6%2.5 min0.3%
DL Delta Air Lines22725%85.0%2.6 min1.8%
OH PSA Airlines12413%75.0%4.5 min2.4%
MQ Envoy Air10712%80.4%-0.6 min2.8%
OO SkyWest Airlines344%85.3%27.8 min0.0%
YX Republic Airline313%87.1%0.4 min0.0%
UA United Airlines303%60.0%21.1 min3.3%
AA American Airlines243%95.8%-9.1 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
ECP–ATLPanama City to Atlanta22785.0%2.6 min1.8%
ECP–ORDPanama City to Chicago10077.0%5.7 min3.0%
ECP–CLTPanama City to Charlotte9988.9%-3.6 min0.0%
ECP–BNAPanama City to Nashville9776.3%9.5 min0.0%
ECP–DFWPanama City to Dallas/Fort Worth8773.6%4.5 min3.4%
ECP–DALPanama City to Dallas6680.3%1.2 min0.0%
ECP–AUSPanama City to Austin6085.0%15.7 min0.0%
ECP–STLPanama City to St. Louis3873.7%6.3 min0.0%
ECP–HOUPanama City to Houston3791.9%-7.2 min0.0%
ECP–DENPanama City to Denver3482.4%-4.9 min2.9%
ECP–DCAPanama City to Washington3360.6%10.4 min3.0%
ECP–MDWPanama City to Chicago2373.9%7.3 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), April 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Apr 2026Minutes
Air carrier33.1%33.5%3,774
Late-arriving aircraft45.3%40.4%5,165
National Aviation System14.8%21.0%1,683
Extreme weather6.4%5.0%728
Security0.4%0.1%41
11,391 delay minutes on 158 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 April 2026?

80.4% of 923 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.1% and 78.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In April 2025, 78.7% of 808 departures left on time and 0.9% were cancelled, against 80.4% and 1.3% in April 2026.

Provenance

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