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Airport month · December 2024
Pensacola International in December 2024
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 December 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,004 domestic departures from Pensacola International (PNS). 78.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 78.9% reached their destination on time; 0.4% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 77.8% of flights departed on time and 78.1% arrived on time, so PNS departures were 0.9 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in December 2023, the airport had 911 departures with 85.9% leaving on time: a change of −7.2 points, with flights up 10%.
Flights arriving at PNS that month were on time 75.6% of the time (1,005 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 62%, air carrier 19% and national aviation system 13%.
- On time 78.9%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 20.3%
- Cancelled 0.4%
- Diverted 0.4%
December 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Dec 2024 | Dec 2023 | PNS, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 78.7% | 85.9% | 77.6% | 77.8% |
| Arrived on time | 78.9% | 87.0% | 78.1% | 78.1% |
| Cancelled | 0.4% | 0.1% | 2.0% | 0.7% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 19.2 min | 8.4 min | 20.1 min | 16.6 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 34 | 30 | 38 | 19,686 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,004 | 911 | 13,941 | 590,581 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OH PSA Airlines | 236 | 24% | 78.4% | 7.7 min | 0.8% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 193 | 19% | 87.0% | 0.0 min | 0.0% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 141 | 14% | 80.1% | 13.1 min | 0.0% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 137 | 14% | 80.3% | 9.0 min | 0.0% |
| AA American Airlines | 90 | 9% | 56.7% | 54.3 min | 1.1% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 61 | 6% | 78.7% | -2.2 min | 1.6% |
| 9E Endeavor Air | 48 | 5% | 75.0% | 26.9 min | 0.0% |
| UA United Airlines | 45 | 4% | 86.7% | -6.4 min | 0.0% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 28 | 3% | 78.6% | 3.6 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 25 | 2% | 80.0% | 28.9 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PNS–ATL | Pensacola to Atlanta | 210 | 86.2% | 5.9 min | 0.0% |
| PNS–CLT | Pensacola to Charlotte | 179 | 77.1% | 9.6 min | 0.6% |
| PNS–MIA | Pensacola to Miami | 109 | 80.7% | 3.0 min | 0.0% |
| PNS–DFW | Pensacola to Dallas/Fort Worth | 104 | 60.6% | 53.3 min | 1.0% |
| PNS–DCA | Pensacola to Washington | 71 | 80.3% | 5.1 min | 1.4% |
| PNS–BNA | Pensacola to Nashville | 64 | 79.7% | 7.6 min | 0.0% |
| PNS–DAL | Pensacola to Dallas | 42 | 78.6% | 18.0 min | 0.0% |
| PNS–IAH | Pensacola to Houston | 41 | 85.4% | -2.7 min | 0.0% |
| PNS–HOU | Pensacola to Houston | 33 | 81.8% | 18.5 min | 0.0% |
| PNS–ORD | Pensacola to Chicago | 32 | 81.3% | -2.3 min | 0.0% |
| PNS–FLL | Pensacola to Fort Lauderdale | 31 | 64.5% | 6.7 min | 3.2% |
| PNS–LGA | Pensacola to New York | 31 | 74.2% | 0.7 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left PNS on time in December 2024?
78.7% of 1,004 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 78.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.8% and 78.1%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In December 2023, 85.9% of 911 departures left on time and 0.1% were cancelled, against 78.7% and 0.4% in December 2024.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for December 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.