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Route Reliability

Fort Lauderdale → Pensacola

FLL–PNS · 525 miles · Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport to Pensacola International Airport

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A Little Dicey
WanderNerd Reliability Score
66%
Arrive within 15 minutes
18 min
Average arrival delay
3.0%
Cancelled
304
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Spirit Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 66% of the time across 304 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

FLL–PNS flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 100% of the time, versus 55% between 12–3 PM.

Mondays have been rough.

FLL–PNS flights arrived on time 75% of the time on Thursdays and just 53% on Mondays. That gap is worth planning around.

Keep a backup plan handy.

This route was cancelled 3.0% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.

Recent months have been rougher.

FLL–PNS flights arrived on time 47% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 60% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon53%(45 flights)
  • Tue70%(37 flights)
  • Wed72%(36 flights)
  • Thu75%(47 flights)
  • Fri66%(44 flights)
  • Sat72%(39 flights)
  • Sun60%(47 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM100%(11 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM100%(12 flights)
  • 12–3 PM55%(122 flights)
  • 3–6 PM72%(85 flights)
  • 6–9 PM69%(65 flights)
On-time trend by month
41%
Apr

Jun 84% → Apr 41% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202584%32
July 202584%32
August 202588%33
September 202573%30
October 202563%19
November 202561%28
December 202557%30
January 202662%21
February 202660%20
March 202639%28
April 202641%22

Same trip, other airports

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Based on 304 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.