Eglin AFB Destin Fort Walton Beach in July 2024

69.3%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 July 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,141 domestic departures from Eglin AFB Destin Fort Walton Beach (VPS). 69.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 69.7% reached their destination on time; 2.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 68.5% of flights departed on time and 68.1% arrived on time, so VPS departures were 0.8 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at VPS that month were on time 64.5% of the time (1,141 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 42%, air carrier 41% and national aviation system 9%.

On time 69.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 27.3%
Cancelled 2.9%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Jul 2024	Year earlier	VPS, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jul 2024
Departed on time	69.3%	—	77.6%	68.5%
Arrived on time	69.7%	—	77.4%	68.1%
Cancelled	2.9%	—	1.6%	2.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	30.5 min	—	19.0 min	24.9 min
Scheduled departures a day	38	—	30	21,154
Scheduled departures	1,141	—	10,982	634,613

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
G4 Allegiant Air	391	34%	70.3%	20.6 min	3.3%
DL Delta Air Lines	257	23%	68.9%	24.0 min	5.1%
AA American Airlines	221	19%	63.3%	41.0 min	2.3%
WN Southwest Airlines	196	17%	85.7%	3.2 min	0.5%
OH PSA Airlines	64	6%	42.2%	46.0 min	1.6%
MQ Envoy Air	8	1%	50.0%	21.5 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	4	0%	100.0%	-16.7 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
VPS–ATL	Valparaiso to Atlanta	226	70.4%	24.2 min	5.8%
VPS–DFW	Valparaiso to Dallas/Fort Worth	129	71.3%	42.3 min	1.6%
VPS–CLT	Valparaiso to Charlotte	121	47.9%	43.4 min	3.3%
VPS–BNA	Valparaiso to Nashville	74	93.2%	-3.1 min	0.0%
VPS–CVG	Valparaiso to Cincinnati	56	66.1%	17.9 min	1.8%
VPS–DAL	Valparaiso to Dallas	53	84.9%	0.0 min	0.0%
VPS–BLV	Valparaiso to Belleville	42	61.9%	41.4 min	4.8%
VPS–DCA	Valparaiso to Washington	35	51.4%	32.0 min	0.0%
VPS–BWI	Valparaiso to Baltimore	31	80.6%	10.7 min	0.0%
VPS–MSP	Valparaiso to Minneapolis	31	58.1%	22.8 min	0.0%
VPS–XNA	Valparaiso to Fayetteville	31	80.6%	4.8 min	3.2%
VPS–HOU	Valparaiso to Houston	30	70.0%	21.9 min	3.3%

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), July 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jul 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	41.4%	36.6%	13,686
Late-arriving aircraft	42.1%	42.7%	13,918
National Aviation System	9.3%	16.0%	3,060
Extreme weather	7.2%	4.6%	2,389
Security	0.0%	0.1%	16

33,069 delay minutes on 311 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 July 2024?

69.3% of 1,141 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 69.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 68.5% and 68.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

July 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 July 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.