Eglin AFB Destin Fort Walton Beach in August 2024

77.9%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 August 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 982 domestic departures from Eglin AFB Destin Fort Walton Beach (VPS). 77.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 77.3% reached their destination on time; 0.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.4% of flights departed on time and 74.7% arrived on time, so VPS departures were 2.5 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in August 2023, the airport had 855 departures with 77.9% leaving on time: a change of 0.0 points, with flights up 15%.

Flights arriving at VPS that month were on time 75.3% of the time (982 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 44%, late-arriving aircraft 43% and national aviation system 11%.

On time 77.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 21.7%
Cancelled 0.8%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Aug 2024	Aug 2023	VPS, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2024
Departed on time	77.9%	77.9%	77.6%	75.4%
Arrived on time	77.3%	77.3%	77.4%	74.7%
Cancelled	0.8%	1.2%	1.6%	2.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	17.8 min	27.9 min	19.0 min	18.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	33	29	30	20,634
Scheduled departures	982	855	10,982	619,025

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
G4 Allegiant Air	270	27%	74.4%	6.8 min	2.2%
DL Delta Air Lines	244	25%	86.5%	-1.1 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	189	19%	66.1%	32.7 min	0.5%
WN Southwest Airlines	186	19%	83.3%	0.8 min	0.5%
OH PSA Airlines	91	9%	72.5%	9.9 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	2	0%	50.0%	7.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
VPS–ATL	Valparaiso to Atlanta	213	88.7%	-1.5 min	0.0%
VPS–CLT	Valparaiso to Charlotte	120	67.5%	35.2 min	0.8%
VPS–DFW	Valparaiso to Dallas/Fort Worth	119	68.1%	19.9 min	0.0%
VPS–BNA	Valparaiso to Nashville	76	89.5%	-3.6 min	0.0%
VPS–CVG	Valparaiso to Cincinnati	46	76.1%	17.6 min	0.0%
VPS–DAL	Valparaiso to Dallas	40	77.5%	4.3 min	2.5%
VPS–BWI	Valparaiso to Baltimore	38	65.8%	10.4 min	0.0%
VPS–BLV	Valparaiso to Belleville	37	75.7%	1.9 min	5.4%
VPS–DCA	Valparaiso to Washington	32	71.9%	15.9 min	0.0%
VPS–MSP	Valparaiso to Minneapolis	31	71.0%	2.1 min	0.0%
VPS–XNA	Valparaiso to Fayetteville	25	80.0%	-6.6 min	0.0%
VPS–HOU	Valparaiso to Houston	23	95.7%	-5.6 min	0.0%

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), August 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	43.7%	33.8%	7,342
Late-arriving aircraft	42.9%	39.8%	7,207
National Aviation System	11.1%	20.4%	1,867
Extreme weather	2.4%	5.9%	401
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

16,817 delay minutes on 213 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 August 2024?

77.9% of 982 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 77.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.4% and 74.7%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In August 2023, 77.9% of 855 departures left on time and 1.2% were cancelled, against 77.9% and 0.8% in August 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 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.