Eglin AFB Destin Fort Walton Beach in April 2025

77.2%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 April 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 861 domestic departures from Eglin AFB Destin Fort Walton Beach (VPS). 77.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 77.0% reached their destination on time; 1.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.6% of flights departed on time and 79.5% arrived on time, so VPS departures were 3.4 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in April 2024, the airport had 844 departures with 80.0% leaving on time: a change of −2.8 points, with flights up 2%.

Flights arriving at VPS that month were on time 76.9% of the time (861 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 48%, air carrier 34% and national aviation system 12%.

On time 77.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 21.5%
Cancelled 1.0%
Diverted 0.5%

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

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

Measure	Apr 2025	Apr 2024	VPS, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Apr 2025
Departed on time	77.2%	80.0%	77.6%	80.6%
Arrived on time	77.0%	80.8%	77.4%	79.5%
Cancelled	1.0%	0.8%	1.6%	0.8%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	20.9 min	15.5 min	19.0 min	14.1 min
Scheduled departures a day	29	28	30	19,465
Scheduled departures	861	844	10,982	583,950

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	230	27%	81.3%	6.1 min	1.3%
G4 Allegiant Air	183	21%	75.4%	6.9 min	0.0%
WN Southwest Airlines	182	21%	84.1%	6.8 min	0.5%
AA American Airlines	176	20%	68.2%	31.4 min	1.7%
MQ Envoy Air	53	6%	81.1%	1.9 min	1.9%
OH PSA Airlines	34	4%	64.7%	34.9 min	2.9%
YX Republic Airline	3	0%	0.0%	241.7 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
VPS–ATL	Valparaiso to Atlanta	200	83.0%	6.1 min	1.5%
VPS–DFW	Valparaiso to Dallas/Fort Worth	116	67.2%	23.2 min	4.3%
VPS–CLT	Valparaiso to Charlotte	90	66.7%	45.9 min	0.0%
VPS–BNA	Valparaiso to Nashville	80	90.0%	2.2 min	0.0%
VPS–CVG	Valparaiso to Cincinnati	36	55.6%	30.1 min	0.0%
VPS–MSP	Valparaiso to Minneapolis	36	69.4%	4.8 min	0.0%
VPS–DAL	Valparaiso to Dallas	30	80.0%	5.4 min	3.3%
VPS–DCA	Valparaiso to Washington	30	73.3%	2.5 min	0.0%
VPS–ORD	Valparaiso to Chicago	30	83.3%	21.6 min	0.0%
VPS–HOU	Valparaiso to Houston	27	85.2%	20.4 min	0.0%
VPS–BLV	Valparaiso to Belleville	26	80.8%	-2.8 min	0.0%
VPS–BWI	Valparaiso to Baltimore	23	82.6%	0.0 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), April 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Apr 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	33.7%	32.7%	5,842
Late-arriving aircraft	47.6%	39.4%	8,238
National Aviation System	11.5%	22.2%	1,983
Extreme weather	7.2%	5.5%	1,248
Security	0.0%	0.2%	7

17,318 delay minutes on 185 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 April 2025?

77.2% of 861 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 77.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.6% and 79.5%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In April 2024, 80.0% of 844 departures left on time and 0.8% were cancelled, against 77.2% and 1.0% in April 2025.

Provenance

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