Eglin AFB Destin Fort Walton Beach in July 2026

68.3%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 July 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 1,331 domestic departures from Eglin AFB Destin Fort Walton Beach (VPS). 68.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 68.1% reached their destination on time; 1.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 68.8% of flights departed on time and 69.4% arrived on time, so VPS departures were 0.5 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in July 2025, the airport had 1,310 departures with 75.9% leaving on time: a change of −7.6 points, with flights up 2%.

Flights arriving at VPS that month were on time 65.7% of the time (1,331 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 46%, air carrier 34% and national aviation system 16%.

On time 68.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 29.8%
Cancelled 1.8%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Jul 2026	Jul 2025	VPS, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jul 2026
Departed on time	68.3%	75.9%	77.6%	68.8%
Arrived on time	68.1%	76.7%	77.4%	69.4%
Cancelled	1.8%	1.1%	1.6%	2.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	28.7 min	22.3 min	19.0 min	24.1 min
Scheduled departures a day	44	44	30	21,066
Scheduled departures	1,331	1,310	10,982	631,970

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
G4 Allegiant Air	448	34%	69.0%	16.7 min	0.2%
DL Delta Air Lines	260	20%	68.1%	11.9 min	2.7%
WN Southwest Airlines	234	18%	80.3%	6.9 min	0.4%
AA American Airlines	218	16%	55.5%	51.5 min	1.4%
OH PSA Airlines	65	5%	53.8%	73.5 min	7.7%
MQ Envoy Air	62	5%	83.9%	0.0 min	1.6%
B6 JetBlue Airways	44	3%	56.8%	26.1 min	13.6%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
VPS–ATL	Valparaiso to Atlanta	229	69.0%	12.5 min	3.1%
VPS–DFW	Valparaiso to Dallas/Fort Worth	128	60.9%	33.9 min	0.8%
VPS–CLT	Valparaiso to Charlotte	121	54.5%	83.5 min	3.3%
VPS–BNA	Valparaiso to Nashville	62	87.1%	2.7 min	0.0%
VPS–DAL	Valparaiso to Dallas	61	80.3%	2.7 min	0.0%
VPS–BLV	Valparaiso to Belleville	53	66.0%	38.1 min	0.0%
VPS–CVG	Valparaiso to Cincinnati	49	65.3%	16.6 min	0.0%
VPS–XNA	Valparaiso to Fayetteville	35	71.4%	18.6 min	0.0%
VPS–STL	Valparaiso to St. Louis	34	79.4%	0.5 min	0.0%
VPS–BWI	Valparaiso to Baltimore	31	64.5%	41.6 min	3.2%
VPS–HOU	Valparaiso to Houston	31	74.2%	7.1 min	0.0%
VPS–MIA	Valparaiso to Miami	31	80.6%	2.3 min	3.2%

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), July 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jul 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	34.3%	31.7%	12,447
Late-arriving aircraft	45.8%	41.8%	16,639
National Aviation System	16.3%	19.9%	5,926
Extreme weather	3.6%	6.5%	1,301
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

36,313 delay minutes on 397 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 July 2026?

68.3% of 1,331 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 68.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 68.8% and 69.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In July 2025, 75.9% of 1,310 departures left on time and 1.1% were cancelled, against 68.3% and 1.8% in July 2026.

Provenance

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