On-Time Report

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Airport month · September 2024

Pensacola International in September 2024

87.9%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 September 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,096 domestic departures from Pensacola International (PNS). 87.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 88.1% reached their destination on time; 0.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.4% of flights departed on time and 83.9% arrived on time, so PNS departures were 3.5 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in September 2023, the airport had 923 departures with 83.7% leaving on time: a change of +4.2 points, with flights up 19%.

Flights arriving at PNS that month were on time 83.4% of the time (1,095 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 52%, air carrier 25% and national aviation system 20%.

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

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

MeasureSep 2024Sep 2023PNS, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Sep 2024
Departed on time87.9%83.7%77.6%84.4%
Arrived on time88.1%83.9%78.1%83.9%
Cancelled0.4%0.8%2.0%0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)8.2 min14.8 min20.1 min10.6 min
Scheduled departures a day37313819,421
Scheduled departures1,09692313,941582,622

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
OH PSA Airlines22521%81.3%8.9 min0.4%
DL Delta Air Lines22320%91.5%-6.7 min0.0%
WN Southwest Airlines22120%95.5%-6.2 min0.0%
MQ Envoy Air12111%86.0%0.9 min0.8%
AA American Airlines989%81.6%1.5 min0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines838%83.1%-6.1 min2.4%
UA United Airlines616%91.8%-4.7 min0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines333%87.9%2.4 min0.0%
YX Republic Airline283%96.4%-11.2 min0.0%
9E Endeavor Air20%100.0%-25.0 min0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines10%100.0%-9.0 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
PNS–ATLPensacola to Atlanta22391.5%-6.7 min0.0%
PNS–CLTPensacola to Charlotte16878.6%13.4 min0.0%
PNS–DFWPensacola to Dallas/Fort Worth12684.1%-0.1 min0.0%
PNS–MIAPensacola to Miami9084.4%3.0 min1.1%
PNS–BNAPensacola to Nashville7390.4%-2.2 min0.0%
PNS–DCAPensacola to Washington6091.7%-9.8 min1.7%
PNS–DENPensacola to Denver4691.3%-1.6 min0.0%
PNS–MCOPensacola to Orlando4290.5%-11.8 min2.4%
PNS–FLLPensacola to Fort Lauderdale4175.6%-0.3 min2.4%
PNS–DALPensacola to Dallas3494.1%-4.4 min0.0%
PNS–ORDPensacola to Chicago3190.3%-4.7 min0.0%
PNS–HOUPensacola to Houston30100.0%-7.7 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), September 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Sep 2024Minutes
Air carrier25.4%38.6%2,055
Late-arriving aircraft51.8%38.4%4,185
National Aviation System19.9%18.2%1,605
Extreme weather2.3%4.8%188
Security0.6%0.1%45
8,078 delay minutes on 125 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 September 2024?

87.9% of 1,096 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 88.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.4% and 83.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In September 2023, 83.7% of 923 departures left on time and 0.8% were cancelled, against 87.9% and 0.4% in September 2024.

Provenance

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