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Route Reliability

Pensacola → Detroit

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

91
Nerd Approved
WanderNerd Reliability Score
87%
Arrive within 15 minutes
8 min
Average arrival delay
0.9%
Cancelled
113
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Airlines on this route

  • Delta Air Lines85% on time · 83 flights
  • Spirit Airlines90% 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

The 12–3 PM departure wins.

PNS–DTW flights departing between 12–3 PM arrived on time 92% of the time, versus 82% between 3–6 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

PNS–DTW flights arrived on time 91% of the time on Saturdays. On Sundays: 83%.

Slipping a little lately.

PNS–DTW flights arrived on time 82% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 87% 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)
  • Fri88%(25 flights)
  • Sat91%(35 flights)
  • Sun83%(29 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 9 AM–12 PM84%(32 flights)
  • 12–3 PM92%(36 flights)
  • 3–6 PM82%(33 flights)
  • 6–9 PM91%(11 flights)
On-time trend by month
55%
Dec

Jun 88% → Dec 55% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202588%24
July 202585%26
August 202590%19
September 2025100%13
October 202592%12
December 202555%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.