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Airport · ECP · Panama City, Florida

Panama City, FL

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.

Data updated 2026-06-13

81.7%
On-time
Top 70%
on-time, US airports
72 min
Delay when late
0.93%
Cancelled
#106 of 382
Corpus placement
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ECP on-time rate vs. the national average

Ahead of the U.S. average across all 382 tracked airports.

0%100%U.S. average79%81.7%

Delay Cause Breakdown

Top delay cause: Late Aircraft. Total delay minutes: 583,040.

Late Aircraft 49.2% (286,632 min)
Carrier 29.9% (174,198 min)
NAS (National Aviation System) 13.6% (79,285 min)
Weather 7.3% (42,349 min)
Security 0.1% (576 min)

ECP - seasonal on-time pattern

Best: September (94.3%) · worst: June (87.3%)

86%88%90%92%94%96% JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 92.6%

ECP - on-time rate by year

2020–2025, year-over-year trend.

85%90%95%100% 202020212022202320242025 96.4% 89.9% ▼ -6.7%

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).

11 min12 min13 min14 min15 min Jan 24Dec 25 12.4 min 12.9 min ▲ +4.0%

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.

Cancellation & Diversion Analysis

Flight disruption statistics for Panama City, FL.

Cancellation Rate

0.93%

874 of 93,692 flights

Diversion Rate

0.15%

137 of 93,692 flights

Delay Rate

18.3%

17,183 of 93,692 flights

Top Routes from ECP

Busiest routes to and from Panama City, FL.

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Route Flights On-Time Distance
ECP (Panama City) → ATL (Atlanta) 13,019 87.8% 240 mi
ATL (Atlanta) → ECP (Panama City) 13,016 86.1% 240 mi
BNA (Nashville) → ECP (Panama City) 5,956 81.7% 401 mi
ECP (Panama City) → BNA (Nashville) 5,941 87.4% 401 mi
CLT (Charlotte) → ECP (Panama City) 5,747 82.5% 437 mi
ECP (Panama City) → CLT (Charlotte) 5,747 82.7% 437 mi
ECP (Panama City) → DFW (Dallas/Fort Worth) 5,683 76.8% 685 mi
DFW (Dallas/Fort Worth) → ECP (Panama City) 5,682 70.6% 685 mi
DAL (Dallas) → ECP (Panama City) 3,787 76.9% 674 mi
ECP (Panama City) → DAL (Dallas) 3,775 83.4% 674 mi
ECP (Panama City) → HOU (Houston) 2,579 84.7% 570 mi
HOU (Houston) → ECP (Panama City) 2,559 80.5% 570 mi
ECP (Panama City) → STL (St. Louis) 1,693 83.8% 634 mi
STL (St. Louis) → ECP (Panama City) 1,686 82.4% 634 mi
DCA (Washington) → ECP (Panama City) 1,662 79.8% 769 mi
ECP (Panama City) → DCA (Washington) 1,662 78.6% 769 mi
ECP (Panama City) → IAH (Houston) 1,038 87.5% 572 mi
IAH (Houston) → ECP (Panama City) 1,038 86.1% 572 mi
AUS (Austin) → ECP (Panama City) 868 75.3% 710 mi
ECP (Panama City) → AUS (Austin) 868 71.8% 710 mi

Nationwide peers by on-time rate & flight volume

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.

Similar on-time rate

Nearest out-of-state BTS on-time rate (this airport: 81.7%).

Phoenix, AZ

Phoenix, AZ

81.7% on-time 2,030,209 flights

Oakland, CA

Oakland, CA

81.7% on-time 472,036 flights

San Antonio, TX

San Antonio, TX

81.7% on-time 419,736 flights

Springfield, MO

Springfield, MO

81.7% on-time 92,073 flights

Similar flight volume

Nearest out-of-state total flights (this airport: 93,692).

Huntsville, AL

Huntsville, AL

91,787 flights 82.6% on-time

Lexington, KY

Lexington, KY

91,507 flights 83.6% on-time

Cedar Rapids/Iowa City, IA

Cedar Rapids/Iowa City, IA

91,140 flights 82.2% on-time

Eugene, OR

Eugene, OR

90,806 flights 84.1% on-time

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Compare performance with other Florida airports.

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Tampa, FL

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Fort Myers, FL

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Jacksonville, FL

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West Palm Beach/Palm Beach, FL

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ECP delay-share reading

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.

Statewide aggregates for Florida: Florida flight data.

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.

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Using ECP's data

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.

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

Source: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) Airline on-time performance and operational reliability · 2025

Every figure on PlainFlights is rendered directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no number is typed in by an editor. Airport figures are computed directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.