Pensacola International in August 2023

76.6%departed on time

BTS: A flight is counted as on time if it arrived less than 15 minutes after its scheduled time. Only carriers with at least 0.5 percent of domestic scheduled passenger revenue report.

In August 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 1,056 domestic departures from Pensacola International (PNS). 76.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 77.7% reached their destination on time; 1.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 76.9% arrived on time, so PNS departures were level with the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at PNS that month were on time 74.8% of the time (1,056 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 39%, air carrier 27% and national aviation system 25%.

On time 77.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 20.7%
Cancelled 1.4%
Diverted 0.1%

Every scheduled departure from PNS in August 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

August 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Aug 2023	Year earlier	PNS, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2023
Departed on time	76.6%	—	77.6%	76.7%
Arrived on time	77.7%	—	78.1%	76.9%
Cancelled	1.4%	—	2.0%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	20.4 min	—	20.1 min	17.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	35	—	38	20,100
Scheduled departures	1,056	—	13,941	602,987

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	202	19%	83.2%	8.0 min	3.0%
OH PSA Airlines	198	19%	74.2%	16.6 min	1.0%
WN Southwest Airlines	186	18%	83.9%	0.7 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	170	16%	77.6%	15.1 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	130	12%	84.6%	-2.4 min	1.5%
NK Spirit Airlines	79	7%	44.3%	57.2 min	1.3%
UA United Airlines	62	6%	87.1%	-6.1 min	3.2%
F9 Frontier Airlines	17	2%	52.9%	24.9 min	11.8%
YX Republic Airline	8	1%	87.5%	-6.9 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	4	0%	75.0%	25.3 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
PNS–ATL	Pensacola to Atlanta	202	83.2%	8.0 min	3.0%
PNS–DFW	Pensacola to Dallas/Fort Worth	157	79.6%	7.3 min	0.0%
PNS–CLT	Pensacola to Charlotte	155	80.6%	14.7 min	0.0%
PNS–MIA	Pensacola to Miami	93	82.8%	-2.0 min	2.2%
PNS–BNA	Pensacola to Nashville	64	90.6%	-4.1 min	0.0%
PNS–DCA	Pensacola to Washington	61	72.1%	28.9 min	1.6%
PNS–MCO	Pensacola to Orlando	48	52.1%	49.5 min	0.0%
PNS–DAL	Pensacola to Dallas	39	82.1%	0.4 min	0.0%
PNS–ORD	Pensacola to Chicago	35	80.0%	3.1 min	0.0%
PNS–HOU	Pensacola to Houston	33	87.9%	-1.3 min	0.0%
PNS–FLL	Pensacola to Fort Lauderdale	31	32.3%	69.6 min	3.2%
PNS–IAH	Pensacola to Houston	31	93.5%	-16.7 min	6.5%

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), August 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	27.3%	36.7%	5,478
Late-arriving aircraft	39.4%	42.2%	7,908
National Aviation System	24.8%	15.7%	4,979
Extreme weather	8.3%	5.1%	1,672
Security	0.2%	0.2%	34

20,071 delay minutes on 219 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

How many flights left PNS on time in August 2023?

76.6% of 1,056 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 77.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 76.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

August 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for PNS · methodology · corrections.