On-Time Report

Airports › Valparaiso (VPS) › March 2025

Airport month · March 2025

Eglin AFB Destin Fort Walton Beach in March 2025

82.9%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 March 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 848 domestic departures from Eglin AFB Destin Fort Walton Beach (VPS). 82.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.7% reached their destination on time; 0.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.9% of flights departed on time and 79.3% arrived on time, so VPS departures were 3.0 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in March 2024, the airport had 810 departures with 81.9% leaving on time: a change of +1.0 points, with flights up 5%.

Flights arriving at VPS that month were on time 79.6% of the time (850 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 61%, national aviation system 18% and air carrier 12%.

Every scheduled departure from VPS in March 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

March 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

MeasureMar 2025Mar 2024VPS, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Mar 2025
Departed on time82.9%81.9%77.6%79.9%
Arrived on time80.7%81.9%77.4%79.3%
Cancelled0.9%0.4%1.6%1.2%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)16.9 min19.8 min19.0 min14.9 min
Scheduled departures a day28273020,029
Scheduled departures84881010,982600,872

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
DL Delta Air Lines23027%82.6%-0.2 min0.9%
G4 Allegiant Air18822%79.3%13.1 min0.0%
WN Southwest Airlines16019%87.5%1.2 min0.0%
AA American Airlines14817%78.4%20.0 min0.7%
OH PSA Airlines627%69.4%14.7 min8.1%
MQ Envoy Air334%75.8%2.2 min0.0%
YX Republic Airline273%77.8%11.1 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
VPS–ATLValparaiso to Atlanta20185.1%-3.2 min0.5%
VPS–DFWValparaiso to Dallas/Fort Worth12073.3%24.8 min4.2%
VPS–CLTValparaiso to Charlotte9379.6%6.3 min1.1%
VPS–BNAValparaiso to Nashville7491.9%-3.3 min0.0%
VPS–MSPValparaiso to Minneapolis4374.4%15.5 min2.3%
VPS–CVGValparaiso to Cincinnati4175.6%47.8 min0.0%
VPS–BLVValparaiso to Belleville3479.4%3.7 min0.0%
VPS–DALValparaiso to Dallas3187.1%8.2 min0.0%
VPS–DCAValparaiso to Washington3073.3%14.3 min0.0%
VPS–STLValparaiso to St. Louis3083.3%-2.8 min0.0%
VPS–ORDValparaiso to Chicago2777.8%11.1 min0.0%
VPS–HOUValparaiso to Houston1782.4%7.1 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), March 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Mar 2025Minutes
Air carrier11.7%33.0%1,633
Late-arriving aircraft60.6%39.2%8,437
National Aviation System17.8%21.9%2,480
Extreme weather9.8%5.9%1,359
Security0.1%0.1%8
13,917 delay minutes on 156 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 March 2025?

82.9% of 848 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.9% and 79.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In March 2024, 81.9% of 810 departures left on time and 0.4% were cancelled, against 82.9% and 0.9% in March 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for March 2025; 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.