Eglin AFB Destin Fort Walton Beach in November 2023

91.3%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 November 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 642 domestic departures from Eglin AFB Destin Fort Walton Beach (VPS). 91.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 91.1% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 86.0% of flights departed on time and 86.2% arrived on time, so VPS departures were 5.3 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at VPS that month were on time 88.5% of the time (642 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 43%, late-arriving aircraft 43% and national aviation system 11%.

On time 91.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 8.9%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Nov 2023	Year earlier	VPS, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2023
Departed on time	91.3%	—	77.6%	86.0%
Arrived on time	91.1%	—	77.4%	86.2%
Cancelled	0.0%	—	1.6%	0.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	8.3 min	—	19.0 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	21	—	30	18,793
Scheduled departures	642	—	10,982	563,777

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AA American Airlines	182	28%	87.4%	1.0 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	160	25%	95.6%	-6.5 min	0.0%
WN Southwest Airlines	154	24%	91.6%	-9.1 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	95	15%	96.8%	-16.9 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	30	5%	83.3%	37.9 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	21	3%	71.4%	7.4 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
VPS–ATL	Valparaiso to Atlanta	148	95.3%	-5.4 min	0.0%
VPS–DFW	Valparaiso to Dallas/Fort Worth	113	82.3%	2.2 min	0.0%
VPS–CLT	Valparaiso to Charlotte	90	90.0%	1.1 min	0.0%
VPS–BNA	Valparaiso to Nashville	89	95.5%	-11.4 min	0.0%
VPS–DAL	Valparaiso to Dallas	30	76.7%	0.2 min	0.0%
VPS–DCA	Valparaiso to Washington	30	83.3%	37.9 min	0.0%
VPS–HOU	Valparaiso to Houston	30	93.3%	-10.2 min	0.0%
VPS–BLV	Valparaiso to Belleville	23	100.0%	-15.6 min	0.0%
VPS–CVG	Valparaiso to Cincinnati	21	95.2%	-15.4 min	0.0%
VPS–MSP	Valparaiso to Minneapolis	20	100.0%	-21.1 min	0.0%
VPS–EWR	Valparaiso to Newark	9	88.9%	-19.4 min	0.0%
VPS–LAS	Valparaiso to Las Vegas	9	100.0%	-20.1 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), November 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	43.1%	42.5%	2,082
Late-arriving aircraft	43.1%	37.3%	2,086
National Aviation System	11.4%	16.2%	553
Extreme weather	2.4%	3.7%	115
Security	0.0%	0.3%	0

4,836 delay minutes on 57 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 November 2023?

91.3% of 642 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 91.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 86.0% and 86.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

November 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 November 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.