Eglin AFB Destin Fort Walton Beach in March 2024

81.9%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 March 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 810 domestic departures from Eglin AFB Destin Fort Walton Beach (VPS). 81.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.9% reached their destination on time; 0.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.5% of flights departed on time and 78.3% arrived on time, so VPS departures were 3.4 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at VPS that month were on time 78.4% of the time (810 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 49%, air carrier 39% and national aviation system 8%.

On time 81.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.7%
Cancelled 0.4%
Diverted 0.1%

Every scheduled departure from VPS in March 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

March 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Mar 2024	Year earlier	VPS, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2024
Departed on time	81.9%	—	77.6%	78.5%
Arrived on time	81.9%	—	77.4%	78.3%
Cancelled	0.4%	—	1.6%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	19.8 min	—	19.0 min	15.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	27	—	30	19,726
Scheduled departures	810	—	10,982	591,767

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AA American Airlines	217	27%	68.7%	36.2 min	0.9%
DL Delta Air Lines	217	27%	88.0%	1.0 min	0.5%
WN Southwest Airlines	168	21%	90.5%	-1.8 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	139	17%	88.5%	-10.9 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	62	8%	69.4%	14.6 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	5	1%	100.0%	-19.6 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	2	0%	0.0%	69.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
VPS–ATL	Valparaiso to Atlanta	199	86.9%	2.0 min	0.5%
VPS–DFW	Valparaiso to Dallas/Fort Worth	124	62.1%	47.6 min	1.6%
VPS–CLT	Valparaiso to Charlotte	93	77.4%	21.4 min	0.0%
VPS–BNA	Valparaiso to Nashville	83	95.2%	-9.5 min	0.0%
VPS–DCA	Valparaiso to Washington	62	69.4%	14.6 min	0.0%
VPS–MSP	Valparaiso to Minneapolis	34	94.1%	-13.0 min	0.0%
VPS–DAL	Valparaiso to Dallas	31	77.4%	17.0 min	0.0%
VPS–HOU	Valparaiso to Houston	31	83.9%	3.7 min	0.0%
VPS–CVG	Valparaiso to Cincinnati	26	69.2%	3.7 min	0.0%
VPS–BLV	Valparaiso to Belleville	23	95.7%	-16.3 min	0.0%
VPS–BWI	Valparaiso to Baltimore	15	100.0%	-6.2 min	0.0%
VPS–GRR	Valparaiso to Grand Rapids	11	100.0%	-15.5 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), March 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	38.9%	32.1%	5,943
Late-arriving aircraft	48.9%	42.1%	7,463
National Aviation System	7.8%	21.4%	1,196
Extreme weather	4.4%	4.2%	669
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

15,271 delay minutes on 143 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 March 2024?

81.9% of 810 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.5% and 78.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

March 2023 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 March 2024; 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.