Best time to fly Washington to Pensacola

Every month pooled across the years on record, so "July" means July generally rather than one particular July. Full DCA to PNS record →

Best month

October

75.5% on time · 155 flights

Worst month

May

59.3% on time · 155 flights

Month Flights On time Cancelled When late, by
January 161 64.5% 12.42% 129 min
February 137 60.6% 7.3% 68 min
March 151 65.5% 3.97% 87 min
April 149 67.1% 0% 73 min
May 155 59.3% 3.23% 58 min
June 175 67.3% 6.86% 85 min
July 184 66.3% 8.15% 91 min
August 160 67.7% 2.5% 88 min
September 150 72.3% 1.33% 69 min
October 155 75.5% 0% 53 min
November 143 75.5% 1.4% 74 min
December 160 69.5% 3.75% 100 min

What a seasonal pattern can and cannot tell you

Months differ for reasons that repeat — summer thunderstorms in the American interior, winter fog and de-icing in northern Europe, school holidays filling every seat and leaving no slack in the schedule. Those are real and they come back each year.

What the pattern cannot do is forecast a particular flight. A quiet month has late days and a bad month has punctual ones. Treat this as a way to choose between two dates you are indifferent about, not as a promise.