Best time to fly Pensacola to Washington

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

Best month

September

79.8% on time · 90 flights

Worst month

December

65.9% on time · 88 flights

Month Flights On time Cancelled When late, by
January 93 71.4% 9.68% 138 min
February 81 68% 7.41% 55 min
March 89 66.7% 7.87% 74 min
April 88 73.6% 1.14% 65 min
May 93 77.8% 2.15% 67 min
June 90 67.1% 8.89% 67 min
July 92 70.9% 13.04% 297 min
August 93 73.6% 2.15% 301 min
September 90 79.8% 1.11% 236 min
October 93 74.2% 0% 117 min
November 84 74.7% 1.19% 160 min
December 88 65.9% 3.41% 141 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.