OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Washington to Pensacola

816 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on DCA–PNS arrive on time 63% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate63%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay90 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled5.8%of scheduled flights

based on 808 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • Republic Airwaysbest
    On-time85%
    Medianon time
    p9020 min
    Cancel1.6%
    Flights61
  • PSA Airlines
    On-time61%
    Medianon time
    p90100 min
    Cancel6.2%
    Flights747

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline29%
  • Weather8%
  • Air traffic (NAS)11%
  • Late aircraft52%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

Over time

On-time trend

By season

On-time rate by month

When to fly

Best time to fly DCA → PNS

All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-01 .. 2025-12).

Best time of day

On-time rates are fairly even by time of day on this route — ranging from 61% to 77% on time.

  • Mornings77% on time · p90 35 min · 417 flights
  • Middays74% on time · p90 50 min · 948 flights
  • Afternoons66% on time · p90 50 min · 162 flights · limited
  • Evenings62% on time · p90 90 min · 964 flights
  • Overnights61% on time · p90 150 min · 77 flights · limited

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 64% to 74% on time.

  • Tuesdays74% on time · p90 60 min · 367 flights
  • Saturdays73% on time · p90 45 min · 363 flights
  • Mondays71% on time · p90 50 min · 371 flights
  • Thursdays69% on time · p90 60 min · 364 flights
  • Wednesdays69% on time · p90 65 min · 366 flights
  • Sundays65% on time · p90 90 min · 370 flights
  • Fridays64% on time · p90 75 min · 367 flights
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Methodology

A flight is on time when it arrives within 15 minutes of schedule — the US DOT / BTS standard. Median and p90(the “1-in-10 bad day”) are read from the full arrival-delay distribution, never averaged across periods.

Figures cover a carrier’s own BTS-coded flights. Cells below ~200 flights are flagged as limited data. All numbers are pre-computed from public BTS On-Time Performance data.