OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Dallas-Fort Worth to Pensacola

604 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

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

On-time rate63%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay85 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled3.3%of scheduled flights

based on 1,538 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

Too close to call — no single carrier is clearly more on-time here.

  • Envoy Air
    On-time89%
    Medianon time
    p9010 min
    Cancel1.1%
    Flights92
  • American Airlines
    On-time63%
    Medianon time
    p9085 min
    Cancel3.3%
    Flights1,155
  • PSA Airlines
    On-time59%
    Medianon time
    p90100 min
    Cancel4.1%
    Flights291

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline27%
  • Weather9%
  • Air traffic (NAS)12%
  • Late aircraft53%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline10%
  • Weather90%
  • Air traffic (NAS)0%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 51 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 DFW → PNS

All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-06 .. 2026-05).

Best time of day

Mornings are the most reliable time of day to fly this route — 80% on time.

  • Mornings80% on time · p90 30 min · 1,463 flights
  • Middays67% on time · p90 75 min · 1,315 flights
  • Evenings66% on time · p90 70 min · 695 flights
  • Overnights56% on time · p90 100 min · 749 flights
  • Afternoons54% on time · p90 105 min · 910 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 65% to 71% on time.

  • Tuesdays71% on time · p90 65 min · 680 flights
  • Wednesdays69% on time · p90 60 min · 696 flights
  • Saturdays66% on time · p90 75 min · 737 flights
  • Thursdays66% on time · p90 85 min · 764 flights
  • Sundays65% on time · p90 75 min · 774 flights
  • Fridays65% on time · p90 80 min · 748 flights
  • Mondays65% on time · p90 75 min · 733 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.