On-Time Report

Airports › Valparaiso (VPS) › September 2024

Airport month · September 2024

Eglin AFB Destin Fort Walton Beach in September 2024

83.9%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 September 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 778 domestic departures from Eglin AFB Destin Fort Walton Beach (VPS). 83.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 82.9% reached their destination on time; 1.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.4% of flights departed on time and 83.9% arrived on time, so VPS departures were 0.5 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in September 2023, the airport had 741 departures with 86.5% leaving on time: a change of −2.6 points, with flights up 5%.

Flights arriving at VPS that month were on time 82.9% of the time (778 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 49%, late-arriving aircraft 36% and national aviation system 10%.

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

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

MeasureSep 2024Sep 2023VPS, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Sep 2024
Departed on time83.9%86.5%77.6%84.4%
Arrived on time82.9%88.0%77.4%83.9%
Cancelled1.2%0.0%1.6%0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)12.7 min9.7 min19.0 min10.6 min
Scheduled departures a day26253019,421
Scheduled departures77874110,982582,622

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
DL Delta Air Lines19825%85.4%0.5 min1.5%
WN Southwest Airlines17823%84.8%1.5 min0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air16721%86.8%-3.4 min0.0%
AA American Airlines12616%78.6%6.4 min0.8%
OH PSA Airlines8911%77.5%19.9 min3.4%
9E Endeavor Air132%53.8%13.3 min7.7%
MQ Envoy Air71%71.4%-5.2 min14.3%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
VPS–ATLValparaiso to Atlanta19882.8%2.5 min1.5%
VPS–DFWValparaiso to Dallas/Fort Worth9983.8%1.2 min2.0%
VPS–CLTValparaiso to Charlotte9372.0%7.1 min3.2%
VPS–BNAValparaiso to Nashville7393.2%-5.6 min0.0%
VPS–CVGValparaiso to Cincinnati3982.1%-4.6 min0.0%
VPS–DALValparaiso to Dallas3876.3%6.2 min0.0%
VPS–BWIValparaiso to Baltimore3775.7%15.6 min0.0%
VPS–BLVValparaiso to Belleville3093.3%-8.9 min0.0%
VPS–DCAValparaiso to Washington3076.7%57.6 min0.0%
VPS–HOUValparaiso to Houston2286.4%-6.7 min0.0%
VPS–XNAValparaiso to Fayetteville2295.5%-12.0 min0.0%
VPS–SDFValparaiso to Louisville1888.9%-5.1 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), September 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Sep 2024Minutes
Air carrier48.9%38.6%4,408
Late-arriving aircraft36.3%38.4%3,268
National Aviation System10.0%18.2%902
Extreme weather4.8%4.8%433
Security0.0%0.1%0
9,011 delay minutes on 124 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 September 2024?

83.9% of 778 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 82.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.4% and 83.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In September 2023, 86.5% of 741 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 83.9% and 1.2% in September 2024.

Provenance

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