Eglin AFB Destin Fort Walton Beach in October 2023

87.9%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 October 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 800 domestic departures from Eglin AFB Destin Fort Walton Beach (VPS). 87.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 88.1% reached their destination on time; 0.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.8% of flights departed on time and 84.0% arrived on time, so VPS departures were 4.1 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at VPS that month were on time 87.6% of the time (800 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 40%, late-arriving aircraft 36% and extreme weather 13%.

On time 88.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 11.3%
Cancelled 0.3%
Diverted 0.4%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2023	Year earlier	VPS, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2023
Departed on time	87.9%	—	77.6%	83.8%
Arrived on time	88.1%	—	77.4%	84.0%
Cancelled	0.3%	—	1.6%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	11.1 min	—	19.0 min	11.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	27	—	30	19,966
Scheduled departures	800	—	10,982	598,968

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AA American Airlines	197	25%	82.7%	12.5 min	0.5%
G4 Allegiant Air	195	24%	86.2%	-3.1 min	0.0%
WN Southwest Airlines	186	23%	91.9%	-5.7 min	0.5%
DL Delta Air Lines	184	23%	91.8%	-2.1 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	38	5%	89.5%	-5.8 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
VPS–ATL	Valparaiso to Atlanta	171	91.8%	-2.5 min	0.0%
VPS–DFW	Valparaiso to Dallas/Fort Worth	116	77.6%	22.6 min	0.9%
VPS–CLT	Valparaiso to Charlotte	88	89.8%	-0.7 min	0.0%
VPS–BNA	Valparaiso to Nashville	84	91.7%	-6.3 min	0.0%
VPS–BLV	Valparaiso to Belleville	33	90.9%	-2.9 min	0.0%
VPS–CVG	Valparaiso to Cincinnati	33	72.7%	7.2 min	0.0%
VPS–BWI	Valparaiso to Baltimore	31	93.5%	-7.0 min	0.0%
VPS–DAL	Valparaiso to Dallas	31	96.8%	-5.0 min	0.0%
VPS–DCA	Valparaiso to Washington	31	90.3%	-8.9 min	0.0%
VPS–HOU	Valparaiso to Houston	31	83.9%	-2.8 min	3.2%
VPS–MSP	Valparaiso to Minneapolis	21	95.2%	-5.2 min	0.0%
VPS–XNA	Valparaiso to Fayetteville	20	90.0%	-5.9 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), October 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	40.1%	41.3%	2,998
Late-arriving aircraft	35.7%	40.5%	2,667
National Aviation System	8.8%	14.4%	655
Extreme weather	12.6%	3.7%	938
Security	2.9%	0.2%	216

7,474 delay minutes on 90 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 October 2023?

87.9% of 800 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 88.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.8% and 84.0%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

October 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 October 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.