On-Time Report

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Airport month · October 2024

Pensacola International in October 2024

88.0%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 October 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,077 domestic departures from Pensacola International (PNS). 88.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 88.9% reached their destination on time; 0.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.5% of flights departed on time and 85.8% arrived on time, so PNS departures were 2.5 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in October 2023, the airport had 982 departures with 83.5% leaving on time: a change of +4.5 points, with flights up 10%.

Flights arriving at PNS that month were on time 87.7% of the time (1,077 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 47%, late-arriving aircraft 40% and national aviation system 13%.

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

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

MeasureOct 2024Oct 2023PNS, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Oct 2024
Departed on time88.0%83.5%77.6%85.5%
Arrived on time88.9%84.0%78.1%85.8%
Cancelled0.6%0.3%2.0%1.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)8.4 min15.2 min20.1 min9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day36333820,517
Scheduled departures1,07798213,941615,497

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
OH PSA Airlines26324%82.5%9.6 min0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines22921%96.5%-11.5 min0.0%
WN Southwest Airlines16716%95.2%-6.6 min0.0%
MQ Envoy Air12311%91.9%-3.2 min0.8%
AA American Airlines11310%82.3%0.9 min0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines767%86.8%-5.7 min3.9%
UA United Airlines575%91.2%-6.4 min0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines343%64.7%12.2 min5.9%
OO SkyWest Airlines91%88.9%-13.4 min0.0%
YX Republic Airline61%100.0%-8.0 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
PNS–ATLPensacola to Atlanta22996.5%-11.5 min0.0%
PNS–CLTPensacola to Charlotte17681.3%10.4 min0.0%
PNS–DFWPensacola to Dallas/Fort Worth14484.7%1.4 min0.0%
PNS–MIAPensacola to Miami9291.3%-1.9 min1.1%
PNS–BNAPensacola to Nashville82100.0%-9.4 min0.0%
PNS–DCAPensacola to Washington6288.7%6.7 min0.0%
PNS–FLLPensacola to Fort Lauderdale4687.0%-8.2 min2.2%
PNS–DALPensacola to Dallas3892.1%-3.5 min0.0%
PNS–HOUPensacola to Houston3588.6%-3.9 min0.0%
PNS–ORDPensacola to Chicago3582.9%-4.3 min0.0%
PNS–IAHPensacola to Houston31100.0%-10.9 min0.0%
PNS–PHLPensacola to Philadelphia3180.6%-2.0 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), October 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Oct 2024Minutes
Air carrier46.6%42.7%3,618
Late-arriving aircraft40.1%37.4%3,109
National Aviation System13.2%16.3%1,025
Extreme weather0.0%3.4%0
Security0.1%0.2%9
7,761 delay minutes on 114 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 October 2024?

88.0% of 1,077 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 88.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.5% and 85.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2023, 83.5% of 982 departures left on time and 0.3% were cancelled, against 88.0% and 0.6% in October 2024.

Provenance

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