Flights Chicago → Pensacola
ORD → PNS
Route overview
The flight route from Chicago to Pensacola has an on-time performance rate of 82%, with an average delay of 12.4 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, this route sees approximately 272 flights, serving one of the destination airports that handles nearly 1.6 million 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 Chicago (ORD) → Pensacola (PNS) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 308 flights monitored in recent months, 82% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 13 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.95%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 12.7/100 (low), 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 Chicago the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Pensacola: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Chicago (ORD) to Pensacola (PNS) heads south for about 1,281 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 1m.
Departures from Chicago on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 58% of ORD-PNS flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Chicago the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Pensacola it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 308 tracked ORD-PNS flights, 82% left on time with an average delay of 13 min and a 1.9% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Airlines (UA) | 74% | 10 min | 6.9% |
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Frequently asked questions about ORD-PNS
On the Chicago (ORD) -> Pensacola (PNS) route, on-time performance is 82% with an average delay of 13 minutes, based on 308 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Chicago-Pensacola is 1.95% across 308 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: United 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.
