Flights Washington → Pensacola
DCA → PNS
Route overview
The flight route from Washington to Pensacola has a moderate on-time performance rate of 63%, with an average delay time of 24.8 minutes per flight. Over the past year, this route saw 259 flights departing from Washington's historic airport, which opened in 1938, heading towards Pensacola, a city that welcomes over 1.6 million passengers annually at its airport.
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 Washington (DCA) → Pensacola (PNS) route is operated by American Airlines. Across 321 flights monitored in recent months, 65% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 25 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.80%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 30.9/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Pensacola the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Washington the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Pensacola: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Washington (DCA) to Pensacola (PNS) heads south-west for about 1,313 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 4m.
Departures from Washington on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 37% of DCA-PNS flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Washington the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Pensacola it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 321 tracked DCA-PNS flights, 65% left on time with an average delay of 25 min and a 2.8% 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 DCA-PNS
On the Washington (DCA) -> Pensacola (PNS) route, on-time performance is 65% with an average delay of 25 minutes, based on 321 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Washington-Pensacola is 2.80% across 321 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.
