Airport reliability

Panama City (ECP) on-time performance

How reliably flights leave Panama City, FL (ECP) and reach their destinations, by airline, departure hour and month, September 2025 to August 2026.

Historical performance Official DOT data through August 2026 · Not live flight status

Panama City, FL9,736 departures in 12 months

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Departures on time: 78.1%
Cancelled: 1.7%
60+ minutes late: 7.5%
Scheduled departures: 9,736

What this means

ECP departures beat the U.S. average.

78.1% of the 9,736 scheduled departures from Panama City (ECP) arrived at their destination on time, 2.5 points higher than the U.S. average of 75.6%.
1.7% of departures were cancelled (U.S. average 1.9%), and 7.5% arrived an hour or more late.
Flights arriving at ECP were on time 75.1% of the time.
Among airlines with at least 300 departures, Delta Air Lines was the most punctual from ECP (84.1%) and SkyWest Airlines the least (73.2%).
Over the last 3 years, September was the most reliable month for departures from ECP (88.1% on time) and July the least reliable (70.0%).
Cancellations peaked in January, when 4.9% of flights were cancelled.
Flights scheduled to depart 6 am to 7 am were the most punctual (91.8% on time); flights scheduled to depart 7 pm to 8 pm were the least (55.8%).

Airlines at ECP

Ranked by on-time arrival

Departures from ECP, September 2025 to August 2026. On time means arrived at the destination within 15 minutes of schedule.
Airline	On time	Cancelled	60+ min late	Avg delay when late	Departures
Delta Air Lines	84.1%	2.0%	5.9%	82 min	2,433
Envoy AirSold as American Eagle	80.0%	2.2%	6.4%	65 min	959
Republic AirwaysSold as American Eagle, Delta Connection, United Express	79.5%	1.8%	8.1%	68 min	332
Southwest Airlines	77.0%	0.3%	6.3%	52 min	3,354
American Airlines	76.3%	2.1%	9.5%	127 min	190
PSA AirlinesSold as American Eagle	73.2%	4.0%	11.0%	99 min	1,795
SkyWest AirlinesSold as United Express, Delta Connection, American Eagle, Alaska	73.2%	1.2%	9.9%	92 min	575
United Airlines	63.3%	1.0%	12.2%	70 min	98

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On-time rate by departure hour

<6a 88.3%

6a 91.8%

7a 89.9%

8a 89.0%

9a 88.1%

10a 81.8%

11a 82.4%

12p 77.7%

1p 74.2%

2p 66.9%

3p 72.4%

4p 72.1%

5p 71.5%

6p 65.6%

7p 55.8%

8p Insufficient sample

9p Insufficient sample

Share of scheduled flights on time ECP average 78.1%

Departures from ECP by scheduled local departure hour, September 2025 to August 2026. Scale starts at zero.

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Period	On time	Flights
Departing before 6 am	88.3%	77
Departing 6 am to 7 am	91.8%	692
Departing 7 am to 8 am	89.9%	1,132
Departing 8 am to 9 am	89.0%	227
Departing 9 am to 10 am	88.1%	538
Departing 10 am to 11 am	81.8%	638
Departing 11 am to noon	82.4%	811
Departing noon to 1 pm	77.7%	664
Departing 1 pm to 2 pm	74.2%	1,191
Departing 2 pm to 3 pm	66.9%	634
Departing 3 pm to 4 pm	72.4%	968
Departing 4 pm to 5 pm	72.1%	723
Departing 5 pm to 6 pm	71.5%	646
Departing 6 pm to 7 pm	65.6%	636
Departing 7 pm to 8 pm	55.8%	129
Departing 8 pm to 9 pm	Insufficient sample	22
Departing 9 pm to 10 pm	Insufficient sample	8

Best and worst months at ECP

Jan 82.2%

Feb 84.8%

Mar 79.7%

Apr 80.7%

May 72.6%

Jun 70.2%

Jul 70.0%

Aug 77.5%

Sep 88.1%

Oct 86.9%

Nov 87.5%

Dec 82.3%

Share of scheduled flights on time 12-month average 78.1%

Departures from ECP by calendar month, September 2023 to August 2026 pooled. Scale starts at zero.

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Period	On time	Flights
January	82.2%	1,312
February	84.8%	1,384
March	79.7%	2,419
April	80.7%	2,466
May	72.6%	2,771
June	70.2%	3,163
July	70.0%	3,263
August	77.5%	2,728
September	88.1%	1,984
October	86.9%	1,932
November	87.5%	1,584
December	82.3%	1,558

Month by month, last 12 months

Sep 89.3%

Oct 83.6%

Nov 84.5%

Dec 82.1%

Jan 85.8%

Feb 83.1%

Mar 78.3%

Apr 81.0%

May 76.0%

Jun 69.3%

Jul 68.8%

Aug 72.0%

Share of scheduled flights on time U.S. average 75.6%

Departures from ECP, September 2025 to August 2026. Scale starts at zero.

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Period	On time	Flights
Sep 2025	89.3%	713
Oct 2025	83.6%	732
Nov 2025	84.5%	608
Dec 2025	82.1%	604
Jan 2026	85.8%	479
Feb 2026	83.1%	539
Mar 2026	78.3%	940
Apr 2026	81.0%	923
May 2026	76.0%	1,021
Jun 2026	69.3%	1,082
Jul 2026	68.8%	1,133
Aug 2026	72.0%	962

Busiest routes from ECP

Nonstop routes from ECP by scheduled flights, September 2025 to August 2026.
To	On time	Cancelled	Airlines	Flights
Atlanta (ATL)	84.0%	2.0%	1	2,421
Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW)	75.2%	3.1%	3	1,277
Charlotte (CLT)	81.5%	1.9%	3	1,105
Nashville (BNA)	76.4%	0.2%	1	1,071
Dallas (DAL)	78.6%	0.9%	1	701
Chicago (ORD)	72.5%	2.6%	5	659
Austin (AUS)	78.2%	0.0%	3	632
Washington (DCA)	65.0%	6.3%	3	397
Houston (HOU)	77.3%	0.0%	1	365
St. Louis (STL)	74.9%	0.3%	1	323
Denver (DEN)	71.4%	0.5%	3	220
Chicago (MDW)	77.6%	0.0%	1	170
Philadelphia (PHL)	55.4%	5.9%	2	101
Kansas City (MCI)	81.8%	0.0%	1	99
Houston (IAH)	76.8%	3.7%	1	82

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Sources & data dates

Source: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance (1987-present)
Period: September 2025 to August 2026 (12 months); month-of-year patterns September 2023 to August 2026
Data through: August 2026
Processed: 2026-11-03
Scope: Scheduled nonstop domestic departures from Panama City, FL (ECP) by airlines that report to the DOT.
Method: Rates use all scheduled flights as the denominator; cancelled and diverted flights count as not on time. Figures based on fewer than 50 scheduled flights are suppressed. Full methodology.

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