Eglin AFB Destin Fort Walton Beach in September 2023

86.5%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 September 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 741 domestic departures from Eglin AFB Destin Fort Walton Beach (VPS). 86.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 88.0% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.5% of flights departed on time and 80.1% arrived on time, so VPS departures were 6.0 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at VPS that month were on time 86.1% of the time (741 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 58%, air carrier 28% and national aviation system 10%.

On time 88.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 11.7%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.3%

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

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

Measure	Sep 2023	Year earlier	VPS, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2023
Departed on time	86.5%	—	77.6%	80.5%
Arrived on time	88.0%	—	77.4%	80.1%
Cancelled	0.0%	—	1.6%	1.2%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	9.7 min	—	19.0 min	14.1 min
Scheduled departures a day	25	—	30	18,978
Scheduled departures	741	—	10,982	569,338

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	180	24%	86.1%	-1.7 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	178	24%	94.4%	-9.4 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	158	21%	93.0%	-7.2 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	146	20%	78.1%	6.7 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	70	9%	84.3%	17.2 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	5	1%	100.0%	-14.8 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	4	1%	100.0%	-4.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
VPS–ATL	Valparaiso to Atlanta	164	96.3%	-9.3 min	0.0%
VPS–DFW	Valparaiso to Dallas/Fort Worth	108	75.0%	12.6 min	0.0%
VPS–BNA	Valparaiso to Nashville	82	91.5%	-7.7 min	0.0%
VPS–CLT	Valparaiso to Charlotte	80	85.0%	8.2 min	0.0%
VPS–CVG	Valparaiso to Cincinnati	34	85.3%	0.8 min	0.0%
VPS–DCA	Valparaiso to Washington	31	87.1%	4.9 min	0.0%
VPS–BLV	Valparaiso to Belleville	30	96.7%	-11.3 min	0.0%
VPS–BWI	Valparaiso to Baltimore	30	86.7%	-6.7 min	0.0%
VPS–DAL	Valparaiso to Dallas	30	76.7%	5.6 min	0.0%
VPS–HOU	Valparaiso to Houston	25	76.0%	16.0 min	0.0%
VPS–XNA	Valparaiso to Fayetteville	22	95.5%	-13.7 min	0.0%
VPS–MSP	Valparaiso to Minneapolis	13	69.2%	-5.0 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 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	27.8%	36.4%	1,698
Late-arriving aircraft	57.9%	38.3%	3,536
National Aviation System	10.0%	19.9%	609
Extreme weather	4.4%	5.1%	269
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

6,112 delay minutes on 87 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 September 2023?

86.5% of 741 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 88.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.5% and 80.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

September 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 September 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.