Atlanta (ATL) – Fort Walton Beach (VPS)
- Distance
- 402 km
- 250 mi · 217 nm
- Flight time
- 1 h 7 min / 1 h 10 min
- Average gate to gate: ATL → VPS / back
- Time difference
- 1 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 92 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (55 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 507,907
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · +0.1%
- Flights / week
- 92
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 81%
- 625,827 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 2
- DL, 9E
Traffic: U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service), Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Distance: WGS-84 ellipsoid. CO2: UK DESNZ 2026 factors. Sources
The way there
- Heading from ATL
- 210°
- Heading from VPS
- 29°
- Halfway point
- 32.06, -85.49
- Great-circle km
- 402 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air ATL → VPS
- 44 min
- In the air VPS → ATL
- 44 min
- Clocks
- Fort Walton Beach is 1 h behind Atlanta
The estimate for a route without real times is 1 h 15 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
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| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 46,881 |
| Sep 2025 | 44,477 |
| Oct 2025 | 43,799 |
| Nov 2025 | 35,775 |
| Dec 2025 | 32,937 |
| Jan 2026 | 30,228 |
| Feb 2026 | 34,958 |
| Mar 2026 | 44,547 |
| Apr 2026 | 47,891 |
| May 2026 | 52,238 |
| Jun 2026 | 45,498 |
| Jul 2026 | 48,678 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 419 |
| Sep 2025 | 384 |
| Oct 2025 | 403 |
| Nov 2025 | 358 |
| Dec 2025 | 361 |
| Jan 2026 | 322 |
| Feb 2026 | 338 |
| Mar 2026 | 404 |
| Apr 2026 | 429 |
| May 2026 | 461 |
| Jun 2026 | 439 |
| Jul 2026 | 445 |
Airlines flying ATL–VPS nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| DLDelta Air Lines | 90 | 99% |
| 9EEndeavor Air | 1.3 | 1% |
Both directions, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Airlines with at least one flight a month. U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service). Sources
Aircraft on this route
- Boeing 717-200 · 2,989 flights
- Boeing 737-900ER · 1,071 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 614 flights
- Canadair CRJ 900 · 70 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 16 flights
- Airbus Industrie A319 · 3 flights
Also carried: 24 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 84.2%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 12 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 1.9%
- Flights counted
- 4,786
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
Delay minutes by cause: airline 40% · aircraft arriving late 35% · air traffic system 18% · weather 7% · security 0%.
Both directions, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. BTS Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance (US domestic flights of the larger US airlines). Sources
What passengers paid
- Average fare, Q1 2026
- $281
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $262
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Delta Air Lines
- 98% of passengers · $282
- Lowest-fare airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 1% of passengers · $207
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $253 · Q3 2025 $250 · Q4 2025 $273 · Q1 2026 $281).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $280, likely $239–$325
The average fare paid we expect a year after Q1 2026, the newest DOT quarter. On this route, past forecasts made this way fell inside the range 86% of the time over 21 quarters (median error 4.6%). An estimate from US DOT data: not a price you can book, not a guarantee, not advice on when to buy. How the outlook works
Cheapest quarter on this route: Q3, typically 3% below the year's average (9 years of DOT data, without 2020–21).
U.S. DOT Consumer Airfare Report, Table 6 (airline ticket sample, US domestic city pairs; each city here has this one airport). Sources
Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)
Measured by great-circle distance: 402 km.
Neither EU261 nor UK261 covers this route: it neither starts nor ends in the EU, EEA, Switzerland or the UK. Other countries have their own rules (for example Canada's APPR or Brazil's ANAC rules).
Also owed for a cancellation with less than 14 days' notice or denied boarding. Not owed for extraordinary circumstances. On a connection, the distance to the final destination counts. From 23 October 2027 the EU's Regulation 2026/2202 applies; it keeps these amounts (what changes in 2027). Information, not legal advice.
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