On-Time Report

Airports › Valparaiso (VPS) › October 2024

Airport month · October 2024

Eglin AFB Destin Fort Walton Beach in October 2024

90.1%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 October 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 856 domestic departures from Eglin AFB Destin Fort Walton Beach (VPS). 90.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 90.2% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.5% of flights departed on time and 85.8% arrived on time, so VPS departures were 4.6 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in October 2023, the airport had 800 departures with 87.9% leaving on time: a change of +2.2 points, with flights up 7%.

Flights arriving at VPS that month were on time 90.0% of the time (856 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 55%, late-arriving aircraft 27% and national aviation system 17%.

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

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

MeasureOct 2024Oct 2023VPS, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Oct 2024
Departed on time90.1%87.9%77.6%85.5%
Arrived on time90.2%88.1%77.4%85.8%
Cancelled0.0%0.3%1.6%1.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)7.5 min11.1 min19.0 min9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day29273020,517
Scheduled departures85680010,982615,497

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
DL Delta Air Lines22727%95.2%-9.4 min0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air20123%90.0%2.6 min0.0%
WN Southwest Airlines18922%92.1%-2.1 min0.0%
AA American Airlines14817%80.4%5.9 min0.0%
OH PSA Airlines688%86.8%1.3 min0.0%
MQ Envoy Air202%100.0%-19.5 min0.0%
9E Endeavor Air30%100.0%-4.3 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
VPS–ATLValparaiso to Atlanta19995.5%-8.5 min0.0%
VPS–DFWValparaiso to Dallas/Fort Worth11385.0%1.2 min0.0%
VPS–CLTValparaiso to Charlotte9282.6%4.9 min0.0%
VPS–BNAValparaiso to Nashville8795.4%-3.7 min0.0%
VPS–CVGValparaiso to Cincinnati3789.2%-1.7 min0.0%
VPS–DALValparaiso to Dallas3588.6%0.7 min0.0%
VPS–BLVValparaiso to Belleville3293.8%21.3 min0.0%
VPS–BWIValparaiso to Baltimore3193.5%-3.4 min0.0%
VPS–DCAValparaiso to Washington3183.9%-0.6 min0.0%
VPS–MSPValparaiso to Minneapolis3193.5%-14.9 min0.0%
VPS–HOUValparaiso to Houston2882.1%2.9 min0.0%
VPS–SDFValparaiso to Louisville2892.9%-5.9 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), October 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Oct 2024Minutes
Air carrier54.5%42.7%3,155
Late-arriving aircraft27.2%37.4%1,574
National Aviation System16.7%16.3%966
Extreme weather0.7%3.4%41
Security0.9%0.2%55
5,791 delay minutes on 84 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 October 2024?

90.1% of 856 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 90.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.5% and 85.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2023, 87.9% of 800 departures left on time and 0.3% were cancelled, against 90.1% and 0.0% in October 2024.

Provenance

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