Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport (VPS) delays & on-time performance
Valparaiso, Florida · 49 nonstop destinations · 8 airlines · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
No FAA-reported ground stops or delays at VPS right now. Individual flights can still be delayed by the airline; check with your airline for your flight.
On-time arrivals
79%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
1.6%
171 flights
Avg arrival delay
19 min
86 min when late
Departed on time
79%
avg taxi-out 16 min
Figures cover 10,982 departures from VPS; on-time is measured at arrival. Arrivals into VPS were on time 77% of the time.
Key facts
- Flights departing Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport (VPS) arrived on time 79% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, better than the 78% national average.
- 1.6% were cancelled, and 8% arrived an hour or more late.
- Southwest Airlines was the most punctual airline here (87% on time); American Airlines was the least (74%).
- Departures scheduled around 7am did best (90% on time); around 3pm did worst (64%).
- The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (45%).
Most delayed routes from VPS
Lowest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- DCA · Washington70%370 flts
- DFW · Dallas/Fort Worth72%1,343 flts
- BLV · Belleville73%394 flts
- CVG · Cincinnati75%416 flts
- CLT · Charlotte80%1,203 flts
- DAL · Dallas84%445 flts
- ATL · Atlanta84%2,393 flts
- BNA · Nashville90%818 flts
Most reliable routes from VPS
Highest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- BNA · Nashville90%818 flts
- ATL · Atlanta84%2,393 flts
- DAL · Dallas84%445 flts
- CLT · Charlotte80%1,203 flts
- CVG · Cincinnati75%416 flts
- BLV · Belleville73%394 flts
- DFW · Dallas/Fort Worth72%1,343 flts
- DCA · Washington70%370 flts
Best airline at VPS
Departures from this airport, ranked by on-time arrival.
| Airline | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Routes | Flights |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines | 87% | 0.5% | 10 min | 8 | 1,952 |
| Delta Air Lines | 83% | 2.0% | 13 min | 3 | 2,689 |
| Envoy Air | 78% | 0.8% | 19 min | 3 | 661 |
| PSA Airlines | 77% | 5.8% | 28 min | 4 | 701 |
| Allegiant Air | 74% | 0.3% | 21 min | 34 | 2,647 |
| American Airlines | 74% | 2.1% | 30 min | 4 | 2,075 |
| Republic Airways | 71% | 8.1% | 18 min | 1 | 37 |
| JetBlue | 70% | 2.7% | 20 min | 2 | 220 |
Best time to fly out of VPS
On-time arrival rate by scheduled departure hour (local time).
- 6am86%1,005 flts
- 7am90%1,310 flts
- 8am88%385 flts
- 9am90%603 flts
- 10am81%682 flts
- 11am82%896 flts
- 12pm79%1,152 flts
- 1pm77%677 flts
- 2pm78%898 flts
- 3pm64%641 flts
- 4pm74%741 flts
- 5pm71%565 flts
- 6pm70%665 flts
- 7pm68%510 flts
- 8pm63%213 flts
Monthly trend
Why departures were late
- Late-arriving aircraft45%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)35%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion14%
- Extreme weather6%
- 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.