On-Time Report

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Route · 12 months to July 2026

Panama City to Charlotte: on-time record

Northwest Florida Beaches International to Charlotte Douglas International

82.6%arrived 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. Data through July 2026; this is a monthly history, not live flight status.

In the 12 months to July 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 1,118 flights from Panama City (ECP) to Charlotte (CLT), a distance of 437 miles. 82.6% of them arrived within 15 minutes of schedule.

That is 6.6 points above the national on-time share of 76.0% for the same period and 3.9 points above the 78.7% recorded for all departures from ECP. Flights that did arrive were 1.7 min late on average, and 1.9% of scheduled flights were cancelled (national: 1.8%).

2 reporting carriers flew the route at least 60 times. PSA Airlines had the highest on-time share at 82.7% of 955 flights; Envoy Air had the lowest at 75.2% of 113.

By scheduled departure hour (local time at ECP), flights leaving from 8 am to 9 am had the highest on-time share, 97.1%; those leaving from 6 pm to 7 pm had the lowest, 66.7%.

The on-time share is up 5.9 points on the previous 12 months (76.7%); cancellations moved from 2.5% to 1.9%.

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category on this route, late-arriving aircraft 55%, air carrier 35% and national aviation system 5%.

82.6%arrived on timenational 76.0%
1.7 minaverage arrival delayearly arrivals count as negative; national 8.1 min
1.9%cancellednational 1.8%
93flights a month1,118 in 12 months · 437 miles
Every scheduled ECP to CLT flight by a reporting carrier, August 2025 to July 2026.

Airlines on the route compared

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
OH PSA Airlines95585%82.7%2.0 min2.1%
MQ Envoy Air11310%75.2%3.9 min0.9%
AA American Airlines504%96.0%-9.2 min0.0%

Carriers with at least 24 flights in the 12 months to July 2026. The on-time pill is green when a carrier is at or above the route's overall share. Regional carriers operate flights sold under larger airlines' brands; BTS lists the carrier that operated the flight.

Compared with the airports and the nation

MeasureECP to CLTAll departures from ECPAll arrivals at CLTAll reported flights
Arrived on time82.6%78.7%80.0%76.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late15.5%19.3%17.8%21.9%
Cancelled1.9%1.7%2.1%1.8%
Diverted0.1%0.3%0.1%0.3%
Average arrival delay1.7 min6.0 min5.8 min8.1 min
Delay minutes per 100 flights1,4351,5291,7281,684
Scheduled flights1,1189,679181,5057,043,858

12 months to July 2026. Delay minutes count late arrivals only (an early arrival is zero), so the per-100-flights row is a normalised total rather than an average of early and late.

The return direction, CLT to ECP, recorded 76.7% on time across 1,119 flights in the same period.

Month by month

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Share of scheduled ECP to CLT flights that arrived on time, Aug 2023 to Jul 2026. Green columns are at or above the national figure for that month (the dark tick), amber below it, red more than eight points below.

Year on year: on time 82.6% against 76.7% (+5.9 pts), cancelled 1.9% against 2.5%, flights 1,118 against 1,128.

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over
Share of flights that arrived on time, by the hour they were scheduled to leave ECP (local time), 12 months to July 2026. Faded cells have few flights. Hover or tap a cell for counts.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNationalMinutes
Air carrier34.8%33.3%5,314
Late-arriving aircraft55.1%39.7%8,406
National Aviation System5.2%20.7%800
Extreme weather4.5%6.1%681
Security0.4%0.1%60
15,261 delay minutes on 173 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Seasonality

Calendar monthFlightsOn timeCancelledAvg arrival delayYears in sample
Jan19181.2%6.8%-0.7 min3
Feb22780.6%2.6%2.8 min3
Mar30777.5%1.3%5.5 min3
Apr30578.4%0.7%11.7 min3
May35771.4%1.4%14.6 min3
Jun37972.8%2.6%12.7 min3
Jul37570.7%2.4%24.3 min3
Aug27273.9%1.5%16.1 min3
Sep19382.4%1.6%1.2 min3
Oct23683.9%0.0%-0.2 min3
Nov23687.7%0.0%-1.3 min3
Dec23179.2%0.9%9.1 min3

Each calendar month summed across the 36 months on file, so most rows combine three years. The pill compares the month with the route's own 12-month share.

Other routes from Panama City (ECP)

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
ECP–ATLPanama City to Atlanta2,42884.0%0.4 min2.0%
ECP–DFWPanama City to Dallas/Fort Worth1,29074.3%11.6 min3.2%
ECP–BNAPanama City to Nashville1,07878.8%7.2 min0.2%
ECP–DALPanama City to Dallas69278.5%3.2 min0.9%
ECP–AUSPanama City to Austin62378.5%8.5 min0.0%
ECP–ORDPanama City to Chicago61974.6%8.5 min2.6%
ECP–DCAPanama City to Washington38867.3%20.9 min5.4%
ECP–HOUPanama City to Houston36577.8%4.2 min0.0%

All 18 routes and the airport record for ECP · airport record for CLT

Questions and answers

How often are flights from Panama City to Charlotte on time?

82.6% of the 1,118 flights scheduled from ECP to CLT in the 12 months to July 2026 arrived less than 15 minutes after their scheduled time. The national share for the same period was 76.0%. Cancelled and diverted flights count as not on time.

Which airline has the highest on-time share from ECP to CLT?

Among reporting carriers with at least 60 flights on the route, PSA Airlines had the highest on-time share (82.7%), followed by Envoy Air (75.2%). Differences of a point or two on a few hundred flights are small.

What causes delays between Panama City and Charlotte?

For flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late, carriers attributed the delay minutes as follows: late-arriving aircraft 55%, air carrier 35%, national aviation system 5%, extreme weather 5%, security 0%. The categories are the carriers' own reports to BTS; weather that slows the wider system is usually recorded under the National Aviation System rather than extreme weather.

What time of day has the highest on-time share from ECP?

Flights scheduled to leave ECP from 8 am to 9 am arrived on time 97.1% of the time, the highest of any hour with enough flights to compare. The lowest was 6 pm to 7 pm at 66.7%. Delays tend to build through the day as late aircraft carry over to later flights.

Is it getting better?

The on-time share for the 12 months to July 2026 was 82.6%, up 5.9 points on the previous 12 months (76.7%). The monthly chart on this page shows each of the last 36 months. Across those months, November had the highest on-time share (87.7%) and July the lowest (70.7%).

Where does this data come from?

Every figure is computed from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance files, which list each scheduled domestic flight by the carriers required to report. This page covers August 2023 to July 2026. It shows totals and averages only; it is not a live flight-status service.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance (1987 to present), monthly files August 2023 to July 2026, a US government work in the public domain. Figures are totals and averages over all scheduled flights by reporting carriers on the route; no individual flight or aircraft is identified. Times are local to the departure airport. The load factor and passenger counts from the BTS T-100 series are not included in this edition. See the methodology; report processing errors through corrections.