Flights Charlotte → Pensacola
CLT → PNS
Route overview
The flight route from Charlotte to Pensacola operates with a fleet of Canadair Regional Jet 900 aircraft and has an on-time performance rate of 73%. Over the course of its operation, which includes 455 total flights, the average delay is approximately 18.9 minutes. The destination airport serves around 1,609,063 passengers annually.
Your rights on this US flight (DOT)
US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under the US DOT rules, if your flight is cancelled or significantly changed and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Amenities for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
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The Charlotte (CLT) → Pensacola (PNS) route is operated by American Airlines. Across 604 flights monitored in recent months, 73% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 19 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.66%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 27/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Pensacola the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Charlotte the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Pensacola: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Charlotte (CLT) to Pensacola (PNS) heads south-west for about 786 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 24m.
Departures from Charlotte on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 44% of CLT-PNS flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Charlotte the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Pensacola it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 604 tracked CLT-PNS flights, 73% left on time with an average delay of 19 min and a 0.7% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines (AA) | 74% | 16 min | 3.0% |
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Frequently asked questions about CLT-PNS
On the Charlotte (CLT) -> Pensacola (PNS) route, on-time performance is 73% with an average delay of 19 minutes, based on 604 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Charlotte-Pensacola is 0.66% across 604 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: American Airlines.
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US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under US DOT rules, if the airline cancels or significantly changes your flight and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Meals or hotels for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
