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Route Reliability

St. Louis → Valparaiso

STLVPS · 610 miles · St. Louis Lambert International Airport to Destin–Fort Walton Beach Airport

86
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
78%
Arrive within 15 minutes
7 min
Average arrival delay
0%
Cancelled
138
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Southwest Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 78% of the time across 138 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

The 3–6 PM departure wins.

STL–VPS flights departing between 3–6 PM arrived on time 84% of the time, versus 71% between 12–3 PM.

Any day works.

Weekday differences are small here: 79% to 81% on time across the week.

It basically never cancels.

Out of 138 scheduled flights, only 0.0% were cancelled.

Trending in the right direction.

STL–VPS flights arrived on time 89% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 76% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon(9 flights)
  • Tue(8 flights)
  • Wed(8 flights)
  • Thu(9 flights)
  • Fri(8 flights)
  • Sat81%(62 flights)
  • Sun79%(34 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM(6 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM84%(37 flights)
  • 12–3 PM71%(63 flights)
  • 3–6 PM84%(32 flights)
On-time trend by month
93%
May

Jun 65% → May 93% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202565%31
July 202571%34
August 202575%12
October 202583%12
March 202692%12
April 202683%12
May 202693%15

Based on 138 historical flights, because apparently we checked. Historical flight data: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, June 2025 – May 2026. Data through May 2026. How we calculate this.