OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Pensacola to Fort Lauderdale

525 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on PNS–FLL arrive on time 67% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate67%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay90 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled2.6%of scheduled flights

based on 191 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • Spirit Airlines
    On-time67%
    Medianon time
    p9090 min
    Cancel2.6%
    Flights191

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline2%
  • Weather0%
  • Air traffic (NAS)30%
  • Late aircraft68%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline20%
  • Weather80%
  • Air traffic (NAS)0%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 5 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 → FLL

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 51% to 78% on time.

  • Mornings78% on time · p90 40 min · 388 flights
  • Middays75% on time · p90 40 min · 151 flights · limited
  • Evenings65% on time · p90 70 min · 259 flights
  • Afternoons51% on time · p90 135 min · 241 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 60% to 77% on time.

  • Tuesdays77% on time · p90 50 min · 132 flights · limited
  • Wednesdays73% on time · p90 50 min · 131 flights · limited
  • Saturdays71% on time · p90 55 min · 161 flights · limited
  • Thursdays67% on time · p90 65 min · 169 flights · limited
  • Fridays65% on time · p90 60 min · 170 flights · limited
  • Mondays62% on time · p90 75 min · 170 flights · limited
  • Sundays60% on time · p90 90 min · 169 flights · limited

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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.