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Route Reliability

Pensacola → Dallas–Fort Worth

PNSDFW · 604 miles · Pensacola International Airport to Dallas Fort Worth International Airport

55
A Little Dicey
WanderNerd Reliability Score
70%
Arrive within 15 minutes
28 min
Average arrival delay
3.0%
Cancelled
1,769
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Airlines on this route

  • American Airlines70% on time · 1,719 flights
  • Spirit Airlines68% on time · 50 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.

PNS–DFW flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 82% of the time, versus 61% between 6–9 PM.

Skip Saturday if you can.

PNS–DFW flights arrived on time 74% of the time on Fridays. On Saturdays: 66%.

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.

PNS–DFW flights arrived on time 74% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 81% in the three months before that.

Best historical flights

Ranked by on-time arrivals, minimum 100 flights. Past performance, not a promise.

Top flights by on-time rate

More flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon68%(242 flights)
  • Tue70%(217 flights)
  • Wed72%(222 flights)
  • Thu74%(264 flights)
  • Fri74%(250 flights)
  • Sat66%(249 flights)
  • Sun68%(263 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM82%(353 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM77%(379 flights)
  • 12–3 PM68%(226 flights)
  • 3–6 PM62%(516 flights)
  • 6–9 PM61%(233 flights)
On-time trend by month
64%
May

Jun 56% → May 64% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202556%211
July 202558%230
August 202560%154
September 202582%125
October 202585%136
November 202567%98
December 202571%107
January 202686%84
February 202685%109
March 202679%146
April 202678%141
May 202664%166

Based on 1,769 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.