Eglin AFB Destin Fort Walton Beach in December 2023

89.5%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 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 599 domestic departures from Eglin AFB Destin Fort Walton Beach (VPS). 89.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 88.5% reached their destination on time; 0.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 83.8% arrived on time, so VPS departures were 6.4 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at VPS that month were on time 85.1% of the time (599 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 45%, late-arriving aircraft 28% and extreme weather 15%.

On time 88.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 11.2%
Cancelled 0.3%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2023	Year earlier	VPS, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2023
Departed on time	89.5%	—	77.6%	83.1%
Arrived on time	88.5%	—	77.4%	83.8%
Cancelled	0.3%	—	1.6%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	11.0 min	—	19.0 min	11.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	20	—	30	19,013
Scheduled departures	599	—	10,982	570,394

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	166	28%	91.0%	-2.1 min	0.0%
WN Southwest Airlines	155	26%	94.2%	-11.0 min	1.3%
AA American Airlines	129	22%	84.5%	3.9 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	70	12%	81.4%	4.9 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	44	7%	90.9%	18.5 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	35	6%	77.1%	2.1 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
VPS–ATL	Valparaiso to Atlanta	149	89.9%	0.6 min	0.0%
VPS–BNA	Valparaiso to Nashville	93	96.8%	-13.7 min	2.2%
VPS–CLT	Valparaiso to Charlotte	93	86.0%	12.2 min	0.0%
VPS–DFW	Valparaiso to Dallas/Fort Worth	84	85.7%	2.5 min	0.0%
VPS–DAL	Valparaiso to Dallas	31	87.1%	-4.3 min	0.0%
VPS–DCA	Valparaiso to Washington	31	77.4%	1.3 min	0.0%
VPS–HOU	Valparaiso to Houston	31	93.5%	-9.5 min	0.0%
VPS–MSP	Valparaiso to Minneapolis	26	100.0%	-23.6 min	0.0%
VPS–BLV	Valparaiso to Belleville	17	82.4%	-3.9 min	0.0%
VPS–CVG	Valparaiso to Cincinnati	17	88.2%	-12.5 min	0.0%
VPS–EWR	Valparaiso to Newark	9	77.8%	-5.2 min	0.0%
VPS–LAS	Valparaiso to Las Vegas	8	75.0%	-9.0 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), December 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	45.4%	37.1%	2,894
Late-arriving aircraft	28.4%	38.8%	1,812
National Aviation System	11.7%	17.6%	747
Extreme weather	14.5%	6.2%	926
Security	0.0%	0.3%	0

6,379 delay minutes on 67 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 December 2023?

89.5% of 599 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 88.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 83.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

December 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 December 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.