Historical on-time performance
St. Louis to Pensacola
598 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on STL–PNS arrive on time 89% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate89%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay15 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.0%of scheduled flights
based on 168 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).
By airline
How each carrier compares
- Southwest AirlinesOn-time89%Medianon timep9015 minCancel0.0%Flights168
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline37%
- Weather0%
- Air traffic (NAS)16%
- Late aircraft46%
- Security0%
Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.
Over time
On-time trend
By season
On-time rate by month
When to fly
Best time to fly STL → PNS
All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-01 .. 2025-12).
Best time of day
On-time rates are fairly even by time of day on this route — ranging from 66% to 92% on time.
- Mornings92% on time · p90 10 min · 238 flights
- Middays87% on time · p90 20 min · 215 flights
- Afternoons66% on time · p90 55 min · 79 flights · limited
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 80% to 94% on time.
- Tuesdays94% on time · p90 5 min · 53 flights · limited
- Mondays93% on time · p90 10 min · 54 flights · limited
- Wednesdays91% on time · p90 10 min · 53 flights · limited
- Fridays89% on time · p90 15 min · 54 flights · limited
- Thursdays87% on time · p90 20 min · 54 flights · limited
- Sundays80% on time · p90 30 min · 129 flights · limited
- Saturdays80% on time · p90 30 min · 153 flights · limited
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