Flights Dallas-Fort Worth → Pensacola
DFW → PNS
Route overview
The flight route from Dallas-Fort Worth to Pensacola operates with an average on-time performance rate of 74%, experiencing a mean delay of 17.1 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, approximately 402 flights are conducted using either McDonnell Douglas MD-83 or Embraer RJ145 aircraft, serving a destination airport that sees around 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 Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) → Pensacola (PNS) route is operated by American Airlines. Across 513 flights monitored in recent months, 74% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 19 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.97%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 25.6/100 (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 Dallas-Fort Worth the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Pensacola: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) to Pensacola (PNS) heads east for about 970 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 38m.
Departures from Dallas-Fort Worth on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 46% of DFW-PNS flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Dallas-Fort Worth the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Pensacola it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 513 tracked DFW-PNS flights, 74% left on time with an average delay of 19 min and a 1.0% 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 DFW-PNS
On the Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) -> Pensacola (PNS) route, on-time performance is 74% with an average delay of 19 minutes, based on 513 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Dallas-Fort Worth-Pensacola is 0.97% across 513 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.
