Flights Pensacola → Houston
PNS → IAH
Route overview
The flight route from Pensacola to Houston operates with a high level of punctuality, with 91% of flights arriving on time. Over the past year, there have been 355 total flights along this route, each experiencing an average delay of only 5.6 minutes. The destination airport in Houston serves over 40 million passengers annually, indicating its significance as a major travel hub.
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 (IAH) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 488 flights monitored in recent months, 88% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 7 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.46%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 19.3/100 (medium), 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 (IAH) heads west for about 785 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 24m.
Departures from Pensacola on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 52% of PNS-IAH 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 488 tracked PNS-IAH flights, 88% left on time with an average delay of 7 min and a 2.5% 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-IAH
On the Pensacola (PNS) -> Houston (IAH) route, on-time performance is 88% with an average delay of 7 minutes, based on 488 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Pensacola-Houston is 2.46% across 488 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.
