On-Time Report

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Airport month · February 2026

Pensacola International in February 2026

83.9%departed on time

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 February 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 933 domestic departures from Pensacola International (PNS). 83.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 83.4% reached their destination on time; 1.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.1% of flights departed on time and 78.3% arrived on time, so PNS departures were 5.8 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2025, the airport had 845 departures with 82.8% leaving on time: a change of +1.1 points, with flights up 10%.

Flights arriving at PNS that month were on time 80.5% of the time (933 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 40%, late-arriving aircraft 39% and national aviation system 17%.

Every scheduled departure from PNS in February 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

February 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

MeasureFeb 2026Feb 2025PNS, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Feb 2026
Departed on time83.9%82.8%77.6%78.1%
Arrived on time83.4%83.1%78.1%78.3%
Cancelled1.8%1.5%2.0%2.3%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)10.2 min15.0 min20.1 min15.0 min
Scheduled departures a day31283817,168
Scheduled departures93384513,941515,037

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
DL Delta Air Lines19521%91.3%-8.1 min1.5%
OH PSA Airlines17218%71.5%14.4 min3.5%
MQ Envoy Air16217%86.4%-4.2 min0.0%
WN Southwest Airlines10912%87.2%-3.2 min0.0%
AA American Airlines10611%85.8%-3.9 min0.9%
UA United Airlines738%90.4%-10.1 min0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines515%62.7%9.9 min9.8%
YX Republic Airline384%78.9%3.2 min5.3%
F9 Frontier Airlines243%83.3%0.5 min0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines30%100.0%-9.7 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
PNS–ATLPensacola to Atlanta19591.3%-8.1 min1.5%
PNS–CLTPensacola to Charlotte13680.1%10.0 min2.2%
PNS–DFWPensacola to Dallas/Fort Worth10984.4%-1.1 min0.0%
PNS–MIAPensacola to Miami9485.1%-3.9 min0.0%
PNS–DCAPensacola to Washington8163.0%10.4 min7.4%
PNS–ORDPensacola to Chicago7589.3%-2.5 min0.0%
PNS–BNAPensacola to Nashville5685.7%0.9 min0.0%
PNS–IAHPensacola to Houston5691.1%-13.3 min0.0%
PNS–DALPensacola to Dallas3585.7%-4.1 min0.0%
PNS–MCOPensacola to Orlando3372.7%4.9 min6.1%
PNS–FLLPensacola to Fort Lauderdale2347.8%15.8 min13.0%
PNS–DENPensacola to Denver2290.9%-1.3 min0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over
Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), February 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Feb 2026Minutes
Air carrier40.4%38.2%3,496
Late-arriving aircraft39.4%37.2%3,410
National Aviation System17.2%18.5%1,485
Extreme weather3.0%6.0%259
Security0.0%0.2%0
8,650 delay minutes on 137 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.
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Questions and answers

How many flights left PNS on time in February 2026?

83.9% of 933 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 83.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.1% and 78.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2025, 82.8% of 845 departures left on time and 1.5% were cancelled, against 83.9% and 1.8% in February 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for February 2026; 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.