On-Time Report

Airports › Valparaiso (VPS) › January 2026

Airport month · January 2026

Eglin AFB Destin Fort Walton Beach in January 2026

78.8%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 January 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 609 domestic departures from Eglin AFB Destin Fort Walton Beach (VPS). 78.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 78.2% reached their destination on time; 5.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.6% of flights departed on time and 75.3% arrived on time, so VPS departures were 3.2 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in January 2025, the airport had 588 departures with 72.6% leaving on time: a change of +6.2 points, with flights up 4%.

Flights arriving at VPS that month were on time 76.5% of the time (609 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 38%, air carrier 37% and extreme weather 13%.

Every scheduled departure from VPS in January 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

MeasureJan 2026Jan 2025VPS, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Jan 2026
Departed on time78.8%72.6%77.6%75.6%
Arrived on time78.2%71.6%77.4%75.3%
Cancelled5.9%9.9%1.6%4.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)17.8 min21.1 min19.0 min16.7 min
Scheduled departures a day20203018,133
Scheduled departures60958810,982544,003

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
DL Delta Air Lines17829%80.9%4.0 min5.1%
WN Southwest Airlines9716%89.7%-6.3 min5.2%
OH PSA Airlines9616%79.2%-2.0 min9.4%
AA American Airlines9415%69.1%30.7 min10.6%
MQ Envoy Air6511%69.2%16.1 min0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air539%81.1%0.6 min0.0%
YX Republic Airline264%61.5%15.6 min11.5%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
VPS–ATLValparaiso to Atlanta15982.4%3.9 min5.7%
VPS–DFWValparaiso to Dallas/Fort Worth9773.2%13.1 min11.3%
VPS–CLTValparaiso to Charlotte9276.1%14.3 min8.7%
VPS–BNAValparaiso to Nashville6288.7%-5.9 min6.5%
VPS–DALValparaiso to Dallas3190.3%-6.4 min3.2%
VPS–DCAValparaiso to Washington3161.3%15.2 min9.7%
VPS–MIAValparaiso to Miami3167.7%29.6 min0.0%
VPS–ORDValparaiso to Chicago3070.0%4.7 min0.0%
VPS–MSPValparaiso to Minneapolis1968.4%5.5 min0.0%
VPS–BLVValparaiso to Belleville1883.3%0.8 min0.0%
VPS–CVGValparaiso to Cincinnati1275.0%-4.1 min0.0%
VPS–FNTValparaiso to Flint977.8%6.0 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), January 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Jan 2026Minutes
Air carrier37.4%37.3%3,902
Late-arriving aircraft38.2%35.0%3,983
National Aviation System11.9%18.0%1,247
Extreme weather12.5%9.6%1,308
Security0.0%0.1%0
10,440 delay minutes on 96 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 January 2026?

78.8% of 609 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 78.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.6% and 75.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In January 2025, 72.6% of 588 departures left on time and 9.9% were cancelled, against 78.8% and 5.9% in January 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2026; 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.