PNS to CLT flight delays
Pensacola, FL (PNS) Charlotte, NC (CLT) · 488 miles
1,934 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
83.71%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
2.07%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
141 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
24 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
Which airline you fly changes the odds here. American Airlines arrived on time 9.4 points more often than Envoy Air over the same period on the same route — same airports, same weather, same air traffic control. A gap that survives all of that is about how the two airlines are run.
The shape of the lateness matters here. Flights on this route are not late often, but when they are late they are late by about 141 minutes — long enough to lose a connection or an evening. The on-time percentage looks reassuring and understates the consequence of being on the wrong flight.
The two directions do not behave alike. CLT to PNS arrives on time 6.7 points less often than the outbound. Delay accumulates through the flying day, so whichever direction is scheduled later tends to carry the worse record — which is an argument for booking the morning departure if the choice exists.
Flights from Pensacola to Charlotte keep to schedule more reliably than most. On a route this punctual the day you fly matters more than the airline you pick.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over January 2025 – August 2026, American Airlines arrived on time most often on PNS to CLT. Envoy Air was late most often. Flights ran closest to schedule in September and worst in December.
Every airline on PNS to CLT
Ranked by how many flights each one operated. A carrier with fewer than 100 flights in the period is listed but not graded.
| Airline | Flights | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA Airlines | 1,192 | 82.41% | 2.43% | 153 min | C |
| American Airlines | 632 | 87.16% | 1.42% | 141 min | B |
| Envoy Air | 110 | 77.78% | 1.82% | 36 min | C |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
CLT to PNS Charlotte back to Pensacola 77.05% on time COther routes from Pensacola
Common questions
Are flights from Pensacola to Charlotte usually delayed?
83.71% of flights on the PNS to CLT route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 2 in every ten arrived late. That is better than the average route in this record.
Which airline is most on time from Pensacola to Charlotte?
American Airlines, at 87.16% on time across 632 flights. The least punctual on the route was Envoy Air at 77.78%.
How often are PNS to CLT flights cancelled?
2.07% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 21 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
What is the best month to fly Pensacola to Charlotte?
September, when 90.5% of flights arrived on time. The worst was December at 72.8%.
When PNS to CLT flights are late, how late are they?
About 141 minutes on average across the flights that arrived more than 15 minutes behind schedule.
What these figures do and do not tell you
Everything on this page is counted from the flights that actually operated on PNS to CLT during January 2025 – August 2026, as reported by the airlines to the US Bureau of Transportation Statistics. "On time" is the federal definition: arriving at the gate within 15 minutes of the scheduled time.
A route's record is a description of the past, not a forecast. Weather, air traffic control and the aircraft's earlier flights that day drive most delays, and none of them are predictable from a historical rate. What the record does tell you is whether this route runs late more often than others, and which carrier on it has the better history — which is the part you can actually act on when you book.
Cancellations are counted separately from delays because they are a different problem for a traveller: a late flight still gets you there. How the grade is calculated →