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Airport month · August 2025
Pensacola International in August 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 August 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 1,287 domestic departures from Pensacola International (PNS). 78.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 77.5% reached their destination on time; 1.3% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 76.8% of flights departed on time and 76.3% arrived on time, so PNS departures were 1.4 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in August 2024, the airport had 1,173 departures with 81.2% leaving on time: a change of −3.0 points, with flights up 10%.
Flights arriving at PNS that month were on time 75.6% of the time (1,285 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 43%, air carrier 40% and national aviation system 13%.
- On time 77.5%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 20.7%
- Cancelled 1.3%
- Diverted 0.5%
August 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Aug 2025 | Aug 2024 | PNS, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 78.2% | 81.2% | 77.6% | 76.8% |
| Arrived on time | 77.5% | 80.7% | 78.1% | 76.3% |
| Cancelled | 1.3% | 1.2% | 2.0% | 1.1% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 24.3 min | 16.4 min | 20.1 min | 17.6 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 43 | 39 | 38 | 20,079 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,287 | 1,173 | 13,941 | 602,378 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL Delta Air Lines | 256 | 20% | 88.3% | -5.8 min | 1.6% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 230 | 18% | 85.7% | -0.1 min | 0.0% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 225 | 17% | 74.7% | 42.8 min | 1.3% |
| AA American Airlines | 201 | 16% | 70.1% | 20.4 min | 3.0% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 164 | 13% | 70.7% | 16.6 min | 0.0% |
| UA United Airlines | 84 | 7% | 77.4% | 16.4 min | 3.6% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 79 | 6% | 77.2% | 9.3 min | 1.3% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 29 | 2% | 58.6% | 46.1 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 14 | 1% | 21.4% | 61.5 min | 0.0% |
| YX Republic Airline | 5 | 0% | 80.0% | 7.4 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PNS–ATL | Pensacola to Atlanta | 242 | 88.4% | -5.8 min | 1.7% |
| PNS–CLT | Pensacola to Charlotte | 170 | 81.8% | 8.4 min | 0.0% |
| PNS–DFW | Pensacola to Dallas/Fort Worth | 161 | 57.8% | 36.8 min | 3.7% |
| PNS–MIA | Pensacola to Miami | 116 | 72.4% | 14.7 min | 0.0% |
| PNS–DCA | Pensacola to Washington | 93 | 72.0% | 66.8 min | 2.2% |
| PNS–BNA | Pensacola to Nashville | 84 | 92.9% | -6.5 min | 0.0% |
| PNS–IAH | Pensacola to Houston | 65 | 72.3% | 32.9 min | 4.6% |
| PNS–PHL | Pensacola to Philadelphia | 62 | 82.3% | 21.6 min | 1.6% |
| PNS–DEN | Pensacola to Denver | 45 | 42.2% | 42.6 min | 0.0% |
| PNS–DAL | Pensacola to Dallas | 39 | 89.7% | -5.9 min | 0.0% |
| PNS–FLL | Pensacola to Fort Lauderdale | 33 | 81.8% | -3.6 min | 0.0% |
| PNS–ORD | Pensacola to Chicago | 33 | 87.9% | 7.3 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left PNS on time in August 2025?
78.2% of 1,287 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 77.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.8% and 76.3%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In August 2024, 81.2% of 1,173 departures left on time and 1.2% were cancelled, against 78.2% and 1.3% in August 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 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.