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DAL vs ECP - Airport Comparison

Select two airports to compare on-time performance, delays, cancellations, and top routes using U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) data (2020–2025) across all 50 states. See our methodology for how metrics are computed.

Airport A
DAL

Dallas, TX

Dallas, Texas

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Airport B
ECP

Panama City, FL

Panama City, Florida

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Key Performance Metrics

BTS on-time performance data, 2020–2025 cumulative.

Metric DAL ECP
On-Time Rate (higher is better) 77.6% 81.7%
Avg Delay (lower is better) 58.5 min 71.9 min
Delay Rate (lower is better) 22.4% 18.3%
Cancellation Rate (lower is better) 1.40% 0.93%
Total Flights 791,209 93,692
Delayed Flights 177,235 17,183
Cancelled Flights 11,096 874
Top Delay Cause Late Aircraft Late Aircraft

✓ / ▲ indicates the more favorable value. Data: BTS On-Time Performance, 2020–2025.

Delay Cause Breakdown

DAL - Dallas, TX

Late Aircraft 49.1%
Carrier 32.6%
NAS 14.6%
Weather 3.4%
Security 0.3%

ECP - Panama City, FL

Late Aircraft 49.2%
Carrier 29.9%
NAS 13.6%
Weather 7.3%
Security 0.1%

Top Routes

Top routes from DAL

Route Flights On-Time
DAL → HOU
Houston
23,563 80.6%
HOU → DAL
Dallas
23,517 82.5%
ATL → DAL
Dallas
19,678 82.5%
DAL → ATL
Atlanta
19,618 82%
DAL → DEN
Denver
17,984 76.7%
DEN → DAL
Dallas
17,924 74.6%

Top routes from ECP

Route Flights On-Time
ECP → ATL
Atlanta
13,019 87.8%
ATL → ECP
Panama City
13,016 86.1%
BNA → ECP
Panama City
5,956 81.7%
ECP → BNA
Nashville
5,941 87.4%
CLT → ECP
Panama City
5,747 82.5%
ECP → CLT
Charlotte
5,747 82.7%

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025) Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025) On-time rates exclude cancelled and diverted flights. PlainFlights is not affiliated with BTS or the DOT

Every figure on PlainFlights is rendered directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no number is typed in by an editor. This tool queries live on-time, delay, and cancellation figures for the two selected airports from the dataset. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.