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Airport month · March 2025
Pensacola International in March 2025
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 March 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 1,157 domestic departures from Pensacola International (PNS). 79.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 78.6% reached their destination on time; 2.9% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 79.9% of flights departed on time and 79.3% arrived on time, so PNS departures were 0.6 points below the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in March 2024, the airport had 1,137 departures with 77.3% leaving on time: a change of +2.0 points, with flights up 2%.
Flights arriving at PNS that month were on time 75.6% of the time (1,158 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 36%, air carrier 36% and extreme weather 18%.
- On time 78.6%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.2%
- Cancelled 2.9%
- Diverted 0.3%
March 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Mar 2025 | Mar 2024 | PNS, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 79.3% | 77.3% | 77.6% | 79.9% |
| Arrived on time | 78.6% | 79.3% | 78.1% | 79.3% |
| Cancelled | 2.9% | 0.7% | 2.0% | 1.2% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 24.9 min | 17.8 min | 20.1 min | 14.9 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 39 | 38 | 38 | 20,029 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,157 | 1,137 | 13,941 | 600,872 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL Delta Air Lines | 251 | 22% | 86.5% | 2.6 min | 1.2% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 225 | 19% | 87.6% | 3.6 min | 3.1% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 188 | 16% | 72.3% | 40.9 min | 2.1% |
| AA American Airlines | 139 | 12% | 67.6% | 28.6 min | 3.6% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 134 | 12% | 73.9% | 9.9 min | 5.2% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 103 | 9% | 68.0% | 36.0 min | 4.9% |
| UA United Airlines | 66 | 6% | 86.4% | 7.5 min | 1.5% |
| YX Republic Airline | 30 | 3% | 80.0% | 34.9 min | 3.3% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 16 | 1% | 75.0% | -6.9 min | 6.3% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 5 | 0% | 60.0% | 29.4 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PNS–ATL | Pensacola to Atlanta | 251 | 86.5% | 2.6 min | 1.2% |
| PNS–CLT | Pensacola to Charlotte | 184 | 76.6% | 28.5 min | 1.6% |
| PNS–DFW | Pensacola to Dallas/Fort Worth | 162 | 63.6% | 26.9 min | 4.3% |
| PNS–MIA | Pensacola to Miami | 89 | 78.7% | 8.6 min | 5.6% |
| PNS–BNA | Pensacola to Nashville | 78 | 89.7% | 9.1 min | 2.6% |
| PNS–DCA | Pensacola to Washington | 62 | 67.7% | 61.5 min | 3.2% |
| PNS–MCO | Pensacola to Orlando | 42 | 76.2% | 49.5 min | 7.1% |
| PNS–DEN | Pensacola to Denver | 41 | 78.0% | -1.2 min | 4.9% |
| PNS–ORD | Pensacola to Chicago | 41 | 85.4% | 3.2 min | 0.0% |
| PNS–DAL | Pensacola to Dallas | 40 | 87.5% | 12.1 min | 2.5% |
| PNS–IAH | Pensacola to Houston | 31 | 80.6% | 18.6 min | 3.2% |
| PNS–FLL | Pensacola to Fort Lauderdale | 30 | 63.3% | 12.5 min | 6.7% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left PNS on time in March 2025?
79.3% of 1,157 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 78.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.9% and 79.3%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In March 2024, 77.3% of 1,137 departures left on time and 0.7% were cancelled, against 79.3% and 2.9% in March 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for March 2025; 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.