Historical on-time performance
Pensacola to Dallas
592 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on PNS–DAL arrive on time 84% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate84%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay25 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.2%of scheduled flights
based on 490 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).
By airline
How each carrier compares
- Southwest AirlinesOn-time84%Medianon timep9025 minCancel0.2%Flights490
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline10%
- Weather8%
- Air traffic (NAS)16%
- Late aircraft66%
- Security0%
Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.
When flights don't go
Why flights were cancelled
- Airline100%
- Weather0%
- Air traffic (NAS)0%
- Security0%
Most cancellations here are attributed to Airline. Shares are among 1 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 PNS → DAL
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 75% to 89% on time.
- Mornings89% on time · p90 15 min · 380 flights
- Middays88% on time · p90 15 min · 634 flights
- Afternoons75% on time · p90 45 min · 292 flights
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 80% to 92% on time.
- Wednesdays92% on time · p90 10 min · 168 flights · limited
- Fridays86% on time · p90 25 min · 178 flights · limited
- Mondays86% on time · p90 25 min · 174 flights · limited
- Tuesdays85% on time · p90 25 min · 171 flights · limited
- Saturdays83% on time · p90 30 min · 276 flights
- Thursdays82% on time · p90 30 min · 174 flights · limited
- Sundays80% on time · p90 30 min · 259 flights
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