On-Time Report

Airports › Valparaiso (VPS) › May 2025

Airport month · May 2025

Eglin AFB Destin Fort Walton Beach in May 2025

78.3%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 May 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 1,080 domestic departures from Eglin AFB Destin Fort Walton Beach (VPS). 78.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 78.0% reached their destination on time; 1.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 75.4% arrived on time, so VPS departures were 1.6 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in May 2024, the airport had 917 departures with 69.8% leaving on time: a change of +8.5 points, with flights up 18%.

Flights arriving at VPS that month were on time 75.0% of the time (1,080 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 43%, air carrier 32% and national aviation system 17%.

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

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

MeasureMay 2025May 2024VPS, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, May 2025
Departed on time78.3%69.8%77.6%76.7%
Arrived on time78.0%70.6%77.4%75.4%
Cancelled1.0%2.0%1.6%1.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)17.5 min25.5 min19.0 min17.5 min
Scheduled departures a day36313020,188
Scheduled departures1,08091710,982605,648

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
G4 Allegiant Air32030%76.3%13.6 min0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines25924%80.3%7.0 min0.4%
WN Southwest Airlines19618%83.7%1.9 min0.0%
AA American Airlines19018%73.7%12.9 min2.6%
MQ Envoy Air11110%74.8%10.0 min3.6%
OH PSA Airlines40%75.0%-3.7 min25.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
VPS–ATLValparaiso to Atlanta22879.4%9.1 min0.4%
VPS–DFWValparaiso to Dallas/Fort Worth15068.7%15.6 min5.3%
VPS–CLTValparaiso to Charlotte9379.6%10.4 min1.1%
VPS–BNAValparaiso to Nashville8491.7%-2.7 min0.0%
VPS–CVGValparaiso to Cincinnati4877.1%21.4 min0.0%
VPS–BLVValparaiso to Belleville4180.5%9.7 min0.0%
VPS–BWIValparaiso to Baltimore3174.2%0.6 min0.0%
VPS–DALValparaiso to Dallas3180.6%-4.6 min0.0%
VPS–DCAValparaiso to Washington3187.1%-0.9 min3.2%
VPS–HOUValparaiso to Houston3174.2%21.5 min0.0%
VPS–MSPValparaiso to Minneapolis3187.1%-8.5 min0.0%
VPS–ORDValparaiso to Chicago3171.0%9.8 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), May 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, May 2025Minutes
Air carrier32.2%29.3%5,829
Late-arriving aircraft43.3%37.8%7,819
National Aviation System17.1%25.9%3,092
Extreme weather7.4%6.9%1,336
Security0.0%0.1%0
18,076 delay minutes on 220 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 May 2025?

78.3% of 1,080 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 78.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 75.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In May 2024, 69.8% of 917 departures left on time and 2.0% were cancelled, against 78.3% and 1.0% in May 2025.

Provenance

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