Eglin AFB Destin Fort Walton Beach in August 2023

77.9%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 August 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 855 domestic departures from Eglin AFB Destin Fort Walton Beach (VPS). 77.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 77.3% reached their destination on time; 1.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 76.9% arrived on time, so VPS departures were 1.2 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at VPS that month were on time 74.3% of the time (855 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 39%, late-arriving aircraft 29% and extreme weather 19%.

On time 77.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 21.4%
Cancelled 1.2%
Diverted 0.1%

Every scheduled departure from VPS in August 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

August 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Aug 2023	Year earlier	VPS, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2023
Departed on time	77.9%	—	77.6%	76.7%
Arrived on time	77.3%	—	77.4%	76.9%
Cancelled	1.2%	—	1.6%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	27.9 min	—	19.0 min	17.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	29	—	30	20,100
Scheduled departures	855	—	10,982	602,987

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
G4 Allegiant Air	247	29%	74.9%	22.9 min	1.6%
AA American Airlines	219	26%	73.1%	35.6 min	0.5%
WN Southwest Airlines	186	22%	86.0%	0.8 min	1.1%
DL Delta Air Lines	162	19%	77.2%	13.8 min	1.2%
OH PSA Airlines	21	2%	85.7%	-0.8 min	4.8%
MQ Envoy Air	20	2%	65.0%	20.6 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
VPS–ATL	Valparaiso to Atlanta	145	75.2%	14.8 min	1.4%
VPS–DFW	Valparaiso to Dallas/Fort Worth	111	76.6%	42.4 min	0.0%
VPS–CLT	Valparaiso to Charlotte	92	69.6%	32.6 min	2.2%
VPS–BNA	Valparaiso to Nashville	87	93.1%	-6.1 min	1.1%
VPS–CVG	Valparaiso to Cincinnati	44	72.7%	29.7 min	2.3%
VPS–DCA	Valparaiso to Washington	35	74.3%	9.2 min	0.0%
VPS–BLV	Valparaiso to Belleville	34	76.5%	-2.3 min	2.9%
VPS–BWI	Valparaiso to Baltimore	33	78.8%	-1.7 min	3.0%
VPS–DAL	Valparaiso to Dallas	31	83.9%	8.2 min	0.0%
VPS–HOU	Valparaiso to Houston	27	81.5%	5.3 min	0.0%
VPS–XNA	Valparaiso to Fayetteville	24	79.2%	2.5 min	4.2%
VPS–AUS	Valparaiso to Austin	18	61.1%	21.7 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), August 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	38.5%	36.7%	8,745
Late-arriving aircraft	28.8%	42.2%	6,533
National Aviation System	13.8%	15.7%	3,143
Extreme weather	18.9%	5.1%	4,290
Security	0.0%	0.2%	10

22,721 delay minutes on 183 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 VPS on time in August 2023?

77.9% of 855 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 77.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 76.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

August 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for VPS · methodology · corrections.