Flights Pensacola → Dallas-Fort Worth
PNS → DFW
Route overview
The flight route from Pensacola to Dallas-Fort Worth operates with a high frequency of 402 flights, using McDonnell Douglas MD-83 aircraft. With an on-time performance rate of 75%, the average delay is approximately 14.6 minutes, serving one of the busiest airports in terms of annual passenger traffic at 87,817,864 passengers per year.
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) → Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) route is operated by American Airlines. Across 513 flights monitored in recent months, 75% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 18 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.17%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 23.1/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Dallas-Fort Worth the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Pensacola the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Dallas-Fort Worth: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Pensacola (PNS) to Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) heads west for about 970 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 38m.
Departures from Pensacola on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 47% of PNS-DFW flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Pensacola the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Dallas-Fort Worth it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 513 tracked PNS-DFW flights, 75% left on time with an average delay of 18 min and a 1.2% 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 PNS-DFW
On the Pensacola (PNS) -> Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) route, on-time performance is 75% with an average delay of 18 minutes, based on 513 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Pensacola-Dallas-Fort Worth is 1.17% 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.
