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DAL vs PNS - Airport Comparison

Select two airports to compare on-time performance, delays, cancellations, and top routes using U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) data (2020–2025) across all 50 states. See our methodology for how metrics are computed.

Airport A
DAL

Dallas, TX

Dallas, Texas

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Airport B
PNS

Pensacola, FL

Pensacola, Florida

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Key Performance Metrics

BTS on-time performance data, 2020–2025 cumulative.

Metric DAL PNS
On-Time Rate (higher is better) 77.6% 81.4%
Avg Delay (lower is better) 58.5 min 80.7 min
Delay Rate (lower is better) 22.4% 18.6%
Cancellation Rate (lower is better) 1.40% 1.17%
Total Flights 791,209 143,115
Delayed Flights 177,235 26,670
Cancelled Flights 11,096 1,679
Top Delay Cause Late Aircraft Late Aircraft

✓ / ▲ indicates the more favorable value. Data: BTS On-Time Performance, 2020–2025.

Delay Cause Breakdown

DAL - Dallas, TX

Late Aircraft 49.1%
Carrier 32.6%
NAS 14.6%
Weather 3.4%
Security 0.3%

PNS - Pensacola, FL

Late Aircraft 47.1%
Carrier 30.4%
NAS 16.0%
Weather 6.4%
Security 0.1%

Top Routes

Top routes from DAL

Route Flights On-Time
DAL → HOU
Houston
23,563 80.6%
HOU → DAL
Dallas
23,517 82.5%
ATL → DAL
Dallas
19,678 82.5%
DAL → ATL
Atlanta
19,618 82%
DAL → DEN
Denver
17,984 76.7%
DEN → DAL
Dallas
17,924 74.6%

Top routes from PNS

Route Flights On-Time
ATL → PNS
Pensacola
14,894 85.6%
PNS → ATL
Atlanta
14,888 91.3%
CLT → PNS
Pensacola
10,831 78.5%
PNS → CLT
Charlotte
10,831 82.7%
PNS → DFW
Dallas/Fort Worth
9,895 74.7%
DFW → PNS
Pensacola
9,892 72.4%

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025) Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025) On-time rates exclude cancelled and diverted flights. PlainFlights is not affiliated with BTS or the DOT

Every figure on PlainFlights is rendered directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no number is typed in by an editor. This tool queries live on-time, delay, and cancellation figures for the two selected airports from the dataset. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.