OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Washington to Pensacola

816 miData through May 2026Source: 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 delay100 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled3.9%of scheduled flights

based on 928 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

Not enough comparable data to name a most-on-time carrier — low-data carriers aren't ranked.

  • Republic Airways
    On-time87%
    Medianon time
    p90on time
    Cancel3.2%
    Flights31
  • PSA Airlines
    On-time62%
    Medianon time
    p90100 min
    Cancel3.9%
    Flights897

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline24%
  • Weather6%
  • Air traffic (NAS)16%
  • Late aircraft53%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline0%
  • Weather92%
  • Air traffic (NAS)6%
  • Security3%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 36 cancellations with a reported cause (BTS reports causes from June 2003).

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 (2023-06 .. 2026-05).

Best time of day

On-time rates are fairly even by time of day on this route — ranging from 60% to 75% on time.

  • Mornings75% on time · p90 40 min · 559 flights
  • Middays72% on time · p90 60 min · 835 flights
  • Afternoons65% on time · p90 55 min · 276 flights
  • Evenings60% on time · p90 110 min · 1,001 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 63% to 71% on time.

  • Saturdays71% on time · p90 55 min · 379 flights
  • Tuesdays70% on time · p90 65 min · 386 flights
  • Mondays68% on time · p90 55 min · 390 flights
  • Thursdays67% on time · p90 80 min · 389 flights
  • Wednesdays66% on time · p90 75 min · 386 flights
  • Sundays64% on time · p90 95 min · 392 flights
  • Fridays63% on time · p90 85 min · 392 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.