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Airport month · December 2025
Pensacola International in December 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 December 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 991 domestic departures from Pensacola International (PNS). 72.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 73.4% reached their destination on time; 2.8% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 72.0% of flights departed on time and 71.9% arrived on time, so PNS departures were 0.5 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in December 2024, the airport had 1,004 departures with 78.7% leaving on time: a change of −6.2 points, with flights down 1%.
Flights arriving at PNS that month were on time 67.8% of the time (991 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 55%, air carrier 33% and extreme weather 7%.
- On time 73.4%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 23.8%
- Cancelled 2.8%
- Diverted 0.0%
December 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Dec 2025 | Dec 2024 | PNS, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 72.5% | 78.7% | 77.6% | 72.0% |
| Arrived on time | 73.4% | 78.9% | 78.1% | 71.9% |
| Cancelled | 2.8% | 0.4% | 2.0% | 1.5% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 32.8 min | 19.2 min | 20.1 min | 21.2 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 33 | 34 | 38 | 19,410 |
| Scheduled departures | 991 | 1,004 | 13,941 | 582,304 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OH PSA Airlines | 238 | 24% | 67.2% | 37.8 min | 3.8% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 208 | 21% | 81.3% | 13.2 min | 4.8% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 154 | 16% | 78.6% | 10.9 min | 1.3% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 137 | 14% | 73.7% | 8.8 min | 2.9% |
| AA American Airlines | 125 | 13% | 71.2% | 40.3 min | 0.0% |
| UA United Airlines | 62 | 6% | 77.4% | 11.5 min | 1.6% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 33 | 3% | 66.7% | 9.3 min | 3.0% |
| YX Republic Airline | 18 | 2% | 66.7% | 26.1 min | 5.6% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 15 | 2% | 33.3% | 38.6 min | 0.0% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 1 | 0% | 0.0% | 272.0 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PNS–ATL | Pensacola to Atlanta | 208 | 81.3% | 13.2 min | 4.8% |
| PNS–CLT | Pensacola to Charlotte | 178 | 70.8% | 40.3 min | 2.8% |
| PNS–MIA | Pensacola to Miami | 113 | 73.5% | 10.0 min | 2.7% |
| PNS–DFW | Pensacola to Dallas/Fort Worth | 108 | 69.4% | 31.5 min | 0.9% |
| PNS–DCA | Pensacola to Washington | 88 | 63.6% | 41.1 min | 3.4% |
| PNS–BNA | Pensacola to Nashville | 77 | 76.6% | 12.6 min | 1.3% |
| PNS–ORD | Pensacola to Chicago | 62 | 72.6% | 13.3 min | 4.8% |
| PNS–DAL | Pensacola to Dallas | 42 | 76.2% | 16.5 min | 0.0% |
| PNS–HOU | Pensacola to Houston | 33 | 87.9% | -0.6 min | 3.0% |
| PNS–FLL | Pensacola to Fort Lauderdale | 31 | 64.5% | 11.8 min | 3.2% |
| PNS–IAH | Pensacola to Houston | 31 | 80.6% | 9.1 min | 0.0% |
| PNS–DEN | Pensacola to Denver | 16 | 31.3% | 53.2 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left PNS on time in December 2025?
72.5% of 991 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 73.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.0% and 71.9%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In December 2024, 78.7% of 1,004 departures left on time and 0.4% were cancelled, against 72.5% and 2.8% in December 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for December 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.