Gulfport-Biloxi 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 297 domestic departures from Gulfport-Biloxi International (GPT). 81.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 78.1% reached their destination on time; 0.7% were cancelled.

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

A year earlier, in December 2023, the airport had 232 departures with 87.1% leaving on time: a change of −5.6 points, with flights up 28%.

Flights arriving at GPT that month were on time 78.5% of the time (298 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 40%, air carrier 38% and national aviation system 15%.

On time 78.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 21.2%
Cancelled 0.7%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from GPT 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	GPT, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2024
Departed on time	81.5%	87.1%	83.0%	77.8%
Arrived on time	78.1%	84.9%	83.1%	78.1%
Cancelled	0.7%	0.0%	2.5%	0.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	17.9 min	15.3 min	15.9 min	16.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	10	8	8	19,686
Scheduled departures	297	232	3,006	590,581

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OH PSA Airlines	102	34%	75.5%	15.2 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	78	26%	91.0%	-2.5 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	53	18%	71.7%	22.6 min	3.8%
9E Endeavor Air	36	12%	77.8%	3.1 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	28	9%	64.3%	21.8 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
GPT–ATL	Gulfport/Biloxi to Atlanta	114	86.8%	-0.7 min	0.0%
GPT–DFW	Gulfport/Biloxi to Dallas/Fort Worth	94	72.3%	17.1 min	2.1%
GPT–CLT	Gulfport/Biloxi to Charlotte	89	73.0%	19.6 min	0.0%

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), December 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	38.2%	34.3%	2,145
Late-arriving aircraft	39.5%	40.2%	2,219
National Aviation System	15.4%	17.8%	866
Extreme weather	7.0%	7.5%	391
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

5,621 delay minutes on 63 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 GPT on time in December 2024?

81.5% of 297 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 78.1% 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, 87.1% of 232 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 81.5% and 0.7% 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 GPT · methodology · corrections.