Flights Pensacola → Chicago
PNS → ORD
Route overview
The flight route from Pensacola to Chicago has a 78% on-time performance rate, with an average delay of 17.5 minutes when flights are not on time. Over the course of a year, this route sees 272 total flights, serving one of the world's busiest airports in terms of passenger traffic, as Chicago's airport handles nearly 80 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 Pensacola (PNS) → Chicago (ORD) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 308 flights monitored in recent months, 78% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 17 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.62%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 11/100 (low), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Chicago the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Pensacola the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Chicago: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Pensacola (PNS) to Chicago (ORD) heads north for about 1,281 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 1m.
Departures from Pensacola on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 87% of PNS-ORD flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Pensacola the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Chicago it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 308 tracked PNS-ORD flights, 78% left on time with an average delay of 17 min and a 1.6% 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 PNS-ORD
On the Pensacola (PNS) -> Chicago (ORD) route, on-time performance is 78% with an average delay of 17 minutes, based on 308 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Pensacola-Chicago is 1.62% 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.
