Flights Pensacola → Houston
PNS → HOU
Route overview
The flight route from Pensacola to Houston boasts a high on-time performance rate of 94%, with an average delay of just 0.2 minutes across the total of 79 flights recorded. The destination airport serves over 13,908,466 passengers annually, indicating significant traffic and connectivity.
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) → Houston (HOU) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 110 flights monitored in recent months, 86% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 4 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.00%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 12/100 (low), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Houston the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Pensacola the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Houston: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Pensacola (PNS) to Houston (HOU) heads west for about 784 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 24m.
Departures from Pensacola on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 63% of PNS-HOU flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Pensacola the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Houston it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 110 tracked PNS-HOU flights, 86% left on time with an average delay of 4 min and a 0.0% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines (WN) | 73% | 6 min | 3.1% |
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Frequently asked questions about PNS-HOU
On the Pensacola (PNS) -> Houston (HOU) route, on-time performance is 86% with an average delay of 4 minutes, based on 110 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Pensacola-Houston is 0.00% across 110 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: Southwest 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.
