Flights Pensacola → Washington
PNS → DCA
Route overview
The flight route from Pensacola to Washington has a 72% on-time performance rate, with an average delay of 15.4 minutes when flights are not on time. With over 25 million passengers annually, the destination airport in Washington is one of the busiest and opened its doors back in 1938.
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) → Washington (DCA) route is operated by American Airlines. Across 320 flights monitored in recent months, 72% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 16 minutes. The cancellation rate is 5.31%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 24.7/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Washington the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Pensacola the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Washington: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Pensacola (PNS) to Washington (DCA) heads north-east for about 1,313 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 4m.
Departures from Pensacola on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 57% of PNS-DCA flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Pensacola the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Washington it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 320 tracked PNS-DCA flights, 72% left on time with an average delay of 16 min and a 5.3% 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-DCA
On the Pensacola (PNS) -> Washington (DCA) route, on-time performance is 72% with an average delay of 16 minutes, based on 320 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Pensacola-Washington is 5.31% across 320 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.
