Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport (ECP) delays & on-time performance
Panama City, Florida · 18 nonstop destinations · 8 airlines · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
No FAA-reported ground stops or delays at ECP right now. Individual flights can still be delayed by the airline; check with your airline for your flight.
On-time arrivals
80%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
1.7%
164 flights
Avg arrival delay
16 min
75 min when late
Departed on time
79%
avg taxi-out 13 min
Figures cover 9,679 departures from ECP; on-time is measured at arrival. Arrivals into ECP were on time 77% of the time.
Key facts
- Flights departing Northwest Florida Beaches International Airport (ECP) arrived on time 80% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, better than the 78% national average.
- 1.7% were cancelled, and 7% arrived an hour or more late.
- Delta Air Lines was the most punctual airline here (86% on time); SkyWest Airlines was the least (76%).
- Departures scheduled around 6am did best (93% on time); around 6pm did worst (69%).
- The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (48%).
Most delayed routes from ECP
Lowest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- DCA · Washington72%388 flts
- ORD · Chicago77%619 flts
- DFW · Dallas/Fort Worth77%1,290 flts
- HOU · Houston78%365 flts
- AUS · Austin78%623 flts
- BNA · Nashville79%1,078 flts
- DAL · Dallas80%692 flts
- CLT · Charlotte84%1,118 flts
- ATL · Atlanta86%2,428 flts
Most reliable routes from ECP
Highest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- ATL · Atlanta86%2,428 flts
- CLT · Charlotte84%1,118 flts
- DAL · Dallas80%692 flts
- BNA · Nashville79%1,078 flts
- AUS · Austin78%623 flts
- HOU · Houston78%365 flts
- DFW · Dallas/Fort Worth77%1,290 flts
- ORD · Chicago77%619 flts
- DCA · Washington72%388 flts
Best airline at ECP
Departures from this airport, ranked by on-time arrival.
| Airline | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Routes | Flights |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines | 86% | 2.0% | 12 min | 2 | 2,435 |
| Republic Airways | 83% | 1.5% | 16 min | 3 | 340 |
| Envoy Air | 81% | 2.1% | 15 min | 4 | 990 |
| Southwest Airlines | 79% | 0.3% | 12 min | 12 | 3,310 |
| PSA Airlines | 77% | 3.8% | 23 min | 4 | 1,784 |
| American Airlines | 77% | 2.4% | 31 min | 2 | 165 |
| SkyWest Airlines | 76% | 1.3% | 22 min | 4 | 556 |
| United Airlines | 64% | 1.0% | 27 min | 2 | 99 |
Best time to fly out of ECP
On-time arrival rate by scheduled departure hour (local time).
- 6am93%701 flts
- 7am92%1,093 flts
- 8am91%226 flts
- 9am89%553 flts
- 10am83%645 flts
- 11am84%767 flts
- 12pm81%696 flts
- 1pm77%1,171 flts
- 2pm70%652 flts
- 3pm75%935 flts
- 4pm75%714 flts
- 5pm74%652 flts
- 6pm69%611 flts
- 7pm59%156 flts
Monthly trend
Why departures were late
- Late-arriving aircraft48%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)26%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion15%
- Extreme weather10%
- Security0%
Data: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 (12 months). Latest month published by BTS: July 2026. How we calculate this.