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Route Reliability

Detroit → Pensacola

DTW–PNS · 837 miles · Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport to Pensacola International Airport

89
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
85%
Arrive within 15 minutes
3 min
Average arrival delay
0.9%
Cancelled
113
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Airlines on this route

  • Delta Air Lines87% on time · 83 flights
  • Spirit Airlines80% on time · 30 flights

Too little history on this route to call a winner. We rank airlines only after 100 flights each.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

DTW–PNS flights departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 97% of the time, versus 64% between 3–6 PM.

Friday is doing you no favors.

DTW–PNS flights arrived on time 94% of the time on Saturdays and just 72% on Fridays. That gap is worth planning around.

Ticking up lately.

DTW–PNS flights arrived on time 88% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 83% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon—(9 flights)
  • Tue—(3 flights)
  • Wed—(3 flights)
  • Thu—(8 flights)
  • Fri72%(25 flights)
  • Sat94%(35 flights)
  • Sun86%(29 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM79%(19 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM97%(33 flights)
  • 12–3 PM84%(49 flights)
  • 3–6 PM64%(11 flights)
On-time trend by month
73%
Dec

Jun 71% → Dec 73% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202571%24
July 202585%26
August 202595%19
September 202592%13
October 2025100%12
December 202573%11

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Based on 113 historical flights, because apparently we checked. Historical flight data: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, June 2025 – May 2026. Data through May 2026. How we calculate this.