On-Time Report

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Airport month · August 2024

Pensacola International in August 2024

81.2%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 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,173 domestic departures from Pensacola International (PNS). 81.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.7% reached their destination on time; 1.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.4% of flights departed on time and 74.7% arrived on time, so PNS departures were 5.8 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in August 2023, the airport had 1,056 departures with 76.6% leaving on time: a change of +4.6 points, with flights up 11%.

Flights arriving at PNS that month were on time 75.0% of the time (1,172 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 43%, air carrier 30% and national aviation system 21%.

Every scheduled departure from PNS in August 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

August 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

MeasureAug 2024Aug 2023PNS, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Aug 2024
Departed on time81.2%76.6%77.6%75.4%
Arrived on time80.7%77.7%78.1%74.7%
Cancelled1.2%1.4%2.0%2.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)16.4 min20.4 min20.1 min18.4 min
Scheduled departures a day39353820,634
Scheduled departures1,1731,05613,941619,025

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
WN Southwest Airlines24221%88.8%-5.0 min0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines23420%94.4%-6.9 min0.0%
OH PSA Airlines22719%77.1%21.4 min0.9%
MQ Envoy Air14012%74.3%8.3 min2.9%
AA American Airlines13411%59.0%35.8 min0.7%
NK Spirit Airlines797%78.5%-3.7 min3.8%
UA United Airlines676%89.6%-3.9 min1.5%
F9 Frontier Airlines353%68.6%18.6 min2.9%
YX Republic Airline101%40.0%127.6 min10.0%
9E Endeavor Air50%60.0%-1.2 min20.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
PNS–ATLPensacola to Atlanta23494.4%-6.9 min0.0%
PNS–CLTPensacola to Charlotte18176.8%23.7 min0.6%
PNS–DFWPensacola to Dallas/Fort Worth15074.0%13.9 min0.7%
PNS–MIAPensacola to Miami9272.8%8.8 min3.3%
PNS–BNAPensacola to Nashville7792.2%-7.2 min0.0%
PNS–DCAPensacola to Washington6765.7%44.8 min3.0%
PNS–DENPensacola to Denver4369.8%7.0 min2.3%
PNS–DALPensacola to Dallas3789.2%-2.1 min0.0%
PNS–FLLPensacola to Fort Lauderdale3677.8%-1.3 min5.6%
PNS–PHLPensacola to Philadelphia3342.4%48.8 min6.1%
PNS–STLPensacola to St. Louis3393.9%-6.8 min0.0%
PNS–HOUPensacola to Houston3290.6%-6.4 min0.0%

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 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Aug 2024Minutes
Air carrier29.5%33.8%5,357
Late-arriving aircraft43.0%39.8%7,796
National Aviation System21.4%20.4%3,893
Extreme weather6.0%5.9%1,088
Security0.1%0.1%16
18,150 delay minutes on 208 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.
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Questions and answers

How many flights left PNS on time in August 2024?

81.2% of 1,173 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.4% and 74.7%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In August 2023, 76.6% of 1,056 departures left on time and 1.4% were cancelled, against 81.2% and 1.2% in August 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 2024; 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.