Historical on-time performance
Houston to Panama City
571 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on HOU–ECP arrive on time 76% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate76%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay45 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.0%of scheduled flights
based on 294 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).
By airline
How each carrier compares
- Southwest AirlinesOn-time76%Medianon timep9045 minCancel0.0%Flights294
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline34%
- Weather5%
- Air traffic (NAS)10%
- Late aircraft51%
- Security0%
Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.
Over time
On-time trend
By season
On-time rate by month
When to fly
Best time to fly HOU → ECP
All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-01 .. 2025-12).
Best time of day
On-time rates are fairly even by time of day on this route — ranging from 70% to 90% on time.
- Mornings90% on time · p90 10 min · 207 flights
- Middays85% on time · p90 20 min · 414 flights
- Evenings76% on time · p90 50 min · 191 flights · limited
- Afternoons74% on time · p90 40 min · 259 flights
- Overnights70% on time · p90 50 min · 144 flights · limited
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 77% to 89% on time.
- Tuesdays89% on time · p90 15 min · 135 flights · limited
- Mondays83% on time · p90 20 min · 159 flights · limited
- Sundays80% on time · p90 30 min · 236 flights
- Fridays79% on time · p90 35 min · 160 flights · limited
- Thursdays79% on time · p90 40 min · 156 flights · limited
- Wednesdays78% on time · p90 40 min · 134 flights · limited
- Saturdays77% on time · p90 35 min · 235 flights
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