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Airport month · October 2025
Pensacola International in October 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 October 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 1,164 domestic departures from Pensacola International (PNS). 84.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 84.1% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 80.0% of flights departed on time and 79.1% arrived on time, so PNS departures were 4.9 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in October 2024, the airport had 1,077 departures with 88.0% leaving on time: a change of −3.1 points, with flights up 8%.
Flights arriving at PNS that month were on time 81.8% of the time (1,164 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 49%, late-arriving aircraft 37% and national aviation system 12%.
- On time 84.1%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.2%
- Cancelled 0.5%
- Diverted 0.2%
October 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Oct 2025 | Oct 2024 | PNS, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 84.9% | 88.0% | 77.6% | 80.0% |
| Arrived on time | 84.1% | 88.9% | 78.1% | 79.1% |
| Cancelled | 0.5% | 0.6% | 2.0% | 0.5% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 16.3 min | 8.4 min | 20.1 min | 13.9 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 39 | 36 | 38 | 20,195 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,164 | 1,077 | 13,941 | 605,844 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL Delta Air Lines | 243 | 21% | 91.4% | -7.5 min | 0.0% |
| AA American Airlines | 199 | 17% | 80.9% | 24.9 min | 1.5% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 197 | 17% | 82.2% | 6.1 min | 0.0% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 193 | 17% | 83.9% | 18.2 min | 0.0% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 139 | 12% | 89.2% | -1.8 min | 0.7% |
| UA United Airlines | 87 | 7% | 86.2% | -0.2 min | 0.0% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 50 | 4% | 76.0% | 5.8 min | 4.0% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 31 | 3% | 71.0% | 8.6 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 22 | 2% | 50.0% | 23.8 min | 0.0% |
| YX Republic Airline | 3 | 0% | 66.7% | 12.0 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PNS–ATL | Pensacola to Atlanta | 231 | 91.3% | -7.6 min | 0.0% |
| PNS–CLT | Pensacola to Charlotte | 179 | 89.4% | 16.6 min | 0.0% |
| PNS–DFW | Pensacola to Dallas/Fort Worth | 139 | 82.0% | 21.4 min | 2.2% |
| PNS–DCA | Pensacola to Washington | 93 | 74.2% | 25.0 min | 0.0% |
| PNS–BNA | Pensacola to Nashville | 92 | 85.9% | 6.2 min | 0.0% |
| PNS–MIA | Pensacola to Miami | 92 | 89.1% | -0.7 min | 0.0% |
| PNS–IAH | Pensacola to Houston | 56 | 80.4% | -2.2 min | 0.0% |
| PNS–DEN | Pensacola to Denver | 53 | 66.0% | 16.6 min | 0.0% |
| PNS–DAL | Pensacola to Dallas | 39 | 84.6% | 6.7 min | 0.0% |
| PNS–HOU | Pensacola to Houston | 35 | 82.9% | -0.1 min | 0.0% |
| PNS–ORD | Pensacola to Chicago | 31 | 90.3% | 0.8 min | 0.0% |
| PNS–PHL | Pensacola to Philadelphia | 31 | 77.4% | 1.8 min | 3.2% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left PNS on time in October 2025?
84.9% of 1,164 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 84.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.0% and 79.1%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In October 2024, 88.0% of 1,077 departures left on time and 0.6% were cancelled, against 84.9% and 0.5% in October 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for October 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.