On-Time Report

Airports › Valparaiso (VPS) › May 2024

Airport month · May 2024

Eglin AFB Destin Fort Walton Beach in May 2024

69.8%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 May 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 917 domestic departures from Eglin AFB Destin Fort Walton Beach (VPS). 69.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 70.6% reached their destination on time; 2.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 73.4% of flights departed on time and 72.3% arrived on time, so VPS departures were 3.6 points below the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at VPS that month were on time 69.2% of the time (918 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 48%, air carrier 32% and national aviation system 11%.

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

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

MeasureMay 2024Year earlierVPS, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, May 2024
Departed on time69.8%—77.6%73.4%
Arrived on time70.6%—77.4%72.3%
Cancelled2.0%—1.6%1.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)25.5 min—19.0 min20.8 min
Scheduled departures a day31—3020,325
Scheduled departures917—10,982609,743

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
DL Delta Air Lines23426%72.6%11.7 min0.9%
G4 Allegiant Air21924%81.3%-0.1 min0.0%
AA American Airlines21824%57.3%44.1 min4.1%
WN Southwest Airlines17719%71.8%21.1 min0.6%
MQ Envoy Air627%66.1%13.7 min9.7%
YX Republic Airline40%100.0%-7.2 min0.0%
OH PSA Airlines30%66.7%13.3 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
VPS–ATLValparaiso to Atlanta20372.9%12.4 min1.0%
VPS–DFWValparaiso to Dallas/Fort Worth15456.5%47.0 min9.1%
VPS–CLTValparaiso to Charlotte9463.8%28.9 min1.1%
VPS–BNAValparaiso to Nashville8073.8%22.2 min0.0%
VPS–CVGValparaiso to Cincinnati3778.4%9.6 min0.0%
VPS–BWIValparaiso to Baltimore3390.9%-2.0 min0.0%
VPS–DALValparaiso to Dallas3174.2%30.6 min0.0%
VPS–DCAValparaiso to Washington3158.1%24.2 min0.0%
VPS–HOUValparaiso to Houston3145.2%34.8 min3.2%
VPS–MSPValparaiso to Minneapolis3171.0%7.7 min0.0%
VPS–BLVValparaiso to Belleville3083.3%-4.9 min0.0%
VPS–XNAValparaiso to Fayetteville2181.0%-1.6 min0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over
Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), May 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, May 2024Minutes
Air carrier31.7%29.8%6,848
Late-arriving aircraft48.4%43.0%10,452
National Aviation System11.4%20.1%2,462
Extreme weather8.4%7.0%1,813
Security0.0%0.1%0
21,575 delay minutes on 247 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.
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Questions and answers

How many flights left VPS on time in May 2024?

69.8% of 917 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 70.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 73.4% and 72.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

May 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 May 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.