Pensacola International Airport (PNS) delays & on-time performance
Pensacola, Florida · 21 nonstop destinations · 10 airlines · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
No FAA-reported ground stops or delays at PNS right now. Individual flights can still be delayed by the airline; check with your airline for your flight.
On-time arrivals
80%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
2.0%
283 flights
Avg arrival delay
20 min
95 min when late
Departed on time
79%
avg taxi-out 14 min
Figures cover 13,941 departures from PNS; on-time is measured at arrival. Arrivals into PNS were on time 76% of the time.
Key facts
- Flights departing Pensacola International Airport (PNS) arrived on time 80% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, better than the 78% national average.
- 2% were cancelled, and 8% arrived an hour or more late.
- Delta Air Lines was the most punctual airline here (89% on time); Spirit Airlines was the least (71%).
- Departures scheduled around 5am did best (92% on time); around 5pm did worst (68%).
- The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (46%).
Most delayed routes from PNS
Lowest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- DEN · Denver66%629 flts
- DCA · Washington72%1,073 flts
- DFW · Dallas/Fort Worth72%1,723 flts
- ORD · Chicago78%727 flts
- BNA · Nashville79%958 flts
- MIA · Miami81%1,210 flts
- CLT · Charlotte83%1,887 flts
- IAH · Houston84%565 flts
- DAL · Dallas84%490 flts
- ATL · Atlanta89%2,812 flts
Most reliable routes from PNS
Highest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- ATL · Atlanta89%2,812 flts
- DAL · Dallas84%490 flts
- IAH · Houston84%565 flts
- CLT · Charlotte83%1,887 flts
- MIA · Miami81%1,210 flts
- BNA · Nashville79%958 flts
- ORD · Chicago78%727 flts
- DFW · Dallas/Fort Worth72%1,723 flts
- DCA · Washington72%1,073 flts
- DEN · Denver66%629 flts
Best airline at PNS
Departures from this airport, ranked by on-time arrival.
| Airline | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Routes | Flights |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines | 89% | 2.0% | 10 min | 3 | 2,872 |
| United Airlines | 82% | 1.1% | 18 min | 3 | 986 |
| Envoy Air | 81% | 1.6% | 14 min | 5 | 1,853 |
| Southwest Airlines | 78% | 0.3% | 13 min | 9 | 2,626 |
| American Airlines | 77% | 2.5% | 30 min | 4 | 1,875 |
| PSA Airlines | 77% | 3.6% | 33 min | 4 | 2,606 |
| Republic Airways | 74% | 6.7% | 29 min | 4 | 164 |
| Spirit Airlines | 71% | 4.1% | 22 min | 5 | 484 |
| SkyWest Airlines | 69% | 0.5% | 36 min | 3 | 202 |
| Frontier Airlines | 67% | 1.1% | 20 min | 2 | 273 |
Best time to fly out of PNS
On-time arrival rate by scheduled departure hour (local time).
- 5am92%352 flts
- 6am88%1,488 flts
- 7am89%1,618 flts
- 8am86%495 flts
- 9am88%749 flts
- 10am83%828 flts
- 11am84%1,075 flts
- 12pm79%624 flts
- 1pm80%857 flts
- 2pm76%945 flts
- 3pm70%1,099 flts
- 4pm73%1,292 flts
- 5pm68%1,138 flts
- 6pm70%490 flts
- 7pm76%822 flts
Monthly trend
Why departures were late
- Late-arriving aircraft46%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)33%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion14%
- Extreme weather8%
- Security0%
Data: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 (12 months). Latest month published by BTS: July 2026. How we calculate this.