According to PlainFlights' airport traffic ranking (BTS On-Time Performance total flights), Panama City, FL (ECP) ranks #106 of 382 tracked US airports by total flights (most flights = #1). Panama City, FL posts below-median on-time performance among the 382 tracked U.S. airports, as a mid-size U.S. airport.
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ECP on-time rate vs. the national average
Ahead of the U.S. average across all 382 tracked airports.
Delay Cause Breakdown
Top delay cause: Late Aircraft.
Total delay minutes: 583,040.
Late Aircraft49.2% (286,632 min)
Carrier29.9% (174,198 min)
NAS (National Aviation System)13.6% (79,285 min)
Weather7.3% (42,349 min)
Security0.1% (576 min)
ECP - seasonal on-time pattern
Best: September (94.3%) · worst: June (87.3%)
ECP - on-time rate by year
2020–2025, year-over-year trend.
ECP - taxi-out and taxi-in (monthly)
Average taxi-out 12.6 min · taxi-in 5 min over the last 24 reported months (U.S. airport mean taxi-out ≈ 16.4 min).
ECP's average taxi-out (12.6 min) stays shorter than the recent U.S. airport mean (~16.4 min). Even the heaviest month (December 2024, 14.0 min) is milder than many hubs' typical book.
Two PlainFlights-derived comparison paths for Panama City, FL, both outside Florida so the neighborhoods are not same-state geography. Axes stay disjoint: volume peers exclude the on-time peer set. Same-state compare stays below.
The standout signal at Panama City, FL is the delay mix: Late Aircraft owns 49.2% of 583,040 delay minutes across 93,692 BTS flights. The on-time headline is 81.7% (2.7 pts above the 79% national average), with 17,183 delayed and 874 cancelled (0.93%).
Delay minutes concentrate in Late Aircraft (49.2% late-aircraft, 29.9% carrier, 13.6% NAS, 7.3% weather, 0.1% security). As a busy airport, that mix matters more for connection planning than for a thin schedule.
On the multi-year calendar, ECP is strongest in September (94.3% on-time) and weakest in June (87.3%), a 7.0-point swing. Volume peaks in July (~1,889 flights/month). The busiest connecting route is to ATL (Atlanta) at 87.8% on-time. Field definitions: on-time performance explained.
Panama City, FL vs. the national on-time distribution
On-time rate among all 382 tracked U.S. airports
81.7%Top 70%higher than 30% of 382 airports
Panama City, FL
60%95%
U.S. airports by on-time rate, bucketed by value
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Data Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025).
Statistics reflect cumulative performance across all available reporting periods. On-time rates exclude cancelled and diverted flights.
ECP's on-time book sits in the slower half of the BTS set; check the delay mix and the worst month before treating the headline as typical.
Check the busiest route from ECP before you book a connection. See top routes →
Travel in September rather than June if your dates are flexible. Seasonal patterns →
Gate-to-wheels taxi-out averages 12.6 min here; check the monthly series before a tight connection. Taxi times →
On-time rate reflects the BTS historical average across all reporting carriers at this airport, not any single flight or airline.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Panama City, FL's on-time rate?
Panama City, FL (ECP) has a 81.7% on-time rate across 93,692 BTS-tracked flights (2020-2025), 2.7 pts above the 79% national flight-weighted average; that places it in roughly the below-median on-time performance.
How does ECP rank among U.S. airports by traffic volume?
Panama City, FL ranks #106 of 382 tracked US airports by total BTS flights (most flights = #1), making it a mid-size U.S. airport.
What's the most common cause of delays at Panama City, FL?
Late Aircraft is the leading delay cause at ECP, accounting for 49.2% of delay minutes. The full breakdown: 49.2% late-aircraft, 29.9% carrier, 13.6% NAS/air-traffic-control, 7.3% weather, and 0.1% security.
When is the best time to fly through Panama City, FL?
September is historically ECP's strongest month at 94.3% on-time, while June is the weakest at 87.3%, a 7.0-point swing across the BTS historical record.
Data sourced from U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) On-Time Performance data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainFlights