On-Time Report

Airports › Valparaiso (VPS) › May 2026

Airport month · May 2026

Eglin AFB Destin Fort Walton Beach in May 2026

74.5%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 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 1,098 domestic departures from Eglin AFB Destin Fort Walton Beach (VPS). 74.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 74.7% reached their destination on time; 0.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.1% of flights departed on time and 77.6% arrived on time, so VPS departures were 2.6 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in May 2025, the airport had 1,080 departures with 78.3% leaving on time: a change of −3.8 points, with flights up 2%.

Flights arriving at VPS that month were on time 71.5% of the time (1,098 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 47%, air carrier 25% and national aviation system 19%.

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

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

MeasureMay 2026May 2025VPS, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, May 2026
Departed on time74.5%78.3%77.6%77.1%
Arrived on time74.7%78.0%77.4%77.6%
Cancelled0.9%1.0%1.6%0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)17.5 min17.5 min19.0 min16.0 min
Scheduled departures a day37363020,391
Scheduled departures1,0981,08010,982611,735

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
G4 Allegiant Air26924%65.1%17.3 min0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines26524%77.7%0.9 min1.5%
WN Southwest Airlines19318%83.4%4.1 min0.0%
AA American Airlines19217%72.9%12.9 min1.6%
MQ Envoy Air999%80.8%3.1 min2.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways464%78.3%-1.5 min0.0%
OH PSA Airlines343%64.7%5.7 min2.9%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
VPS–ATLValparaiso to Atlanta23478.6%-0.1 min1.3%
VPS–DFWValparaiso to Dallas/Fort Worth12769.3%17.2 min3.1%
VPS–CLTValparaiso to Charlotte10378.6%9.0 min1.0%
VPS–BNAValparaiso to Nashville7582.7%7.0 min0.0%
VPS–CVGValparaiso to Cincinnati4564.4%15.5 min0.0%
VPS–BLVValparaiso to Belleville3764.9%26.2 min0.0%
VPS–BOSValparaiso to Boston3271.9%5.8 min0.0%
VPS–BWIValparaiso to Baltimore3190.3%-4.7 min0.0%
VPS–DALValparaiso to Dallas3183.9%4.3 min0.0%
VPS–DCAValparaiso to Washington3164.5%1.1 min0.0%
VPS–HOUValparaiso to Houston3174.2%8.5 min0.0%
VPS–MIAValparaiso to Miami3187.1%1.5 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 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, May 2026Minutes
Air carrier25.1%33.0%4,055
Late-arriving aircraft46.9%40.4%7,575
National Aviation System19.1%20.5%3,085
Extreme weather8.7%6.0%1,404
Security0.1%0.1%23
16,142 delay minutes on 255 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 2026?

74.5% of 1,098 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 74.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.1% and 77.6%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In May 2025, 78.3% of 1,080 departures left on time and 1.0% were cancelled, against 74.5% and 0.9% in May 2026.

Provenance

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