OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Pensacola to Philadelphia

935 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on PNS–PHL 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)
Cancelled2.2%of scheduled flights

based on 184 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.

  • PSA Airlines
    On-time86%
    Medianon time
    p9020 min
    Cancel2.5%
    Flights122
  • American Airlines
    On-time79%
    Medianon time
    p9025 min
    Cancel1.6%
    Flights62

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline48%
  • Weather8%
  • Air traffic (NAS)3%
  • Late aircraft41%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Airline.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline50%
  • Weather50%
  • Air traffic (NAS)0%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Airline. Shares are among 4 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 → PHL

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 — 84% on time.

  • Mornings84% on time · p90 20 min · 188 flights · limited
  • Middays74% on time · p90 45 min · 443 flights
  • Afternoons60% on time · p90 80 min · 231 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 67% to 80% on time.

  • Tuesdays80% on time · p90 30 min · 107 flights · limited
  • Wednesdays79% on time · p90 45 min · 111 flights · limited
  • Mondays72% on time · p90 60 min · 134 flights · limited
  • Fridays70% on time · p90 65 min · 138 flights · limited
  • Sundays70% on time · p90 45 min · 120 flights · limited
  • Thursdays69% on time · p90 35 min · 124 flights · limited
  • Saturdays67% on time · p90 95 min · 129 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.