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PNS vs BNA - 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
PNS

Pensacola, FL

Pensacola, Florida

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Airport B
BNA

Nashville, TN

Nashville, Tennessee

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Key Performance Metrics

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

Metric PNS BNA
On-Time Rate (higher is better) 81.4% 80.8%
Avg Delay (lower is better) 80.7 min 68.0 min
Delay Rate (lower is better) 18.6% 19.2%
Cancellation Rate (lower is better) 1.17% 1.15%
Total Flights 143,115 1,046,597
Delayed Flights 26,670 201,312
Cancelled Flights 1,679 12,024
Top Delay Cause Late Aircraft Late Aircraft

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

Delay Cause Breakdown

PNS - Pensacola, FL

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

BNA - Nashville, TN

Late Aircraft 45.5%
Carrier 30.2%
NAS 19.7%
Weather 4.5%
Security 0.1%

Top Routes

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%

Top routes from BNA

Route Flights On-Time
ORD → BNA
Nashville
26,413 79%
BNA → ORD
Chicago
26,402 80.1%
BNA → LGA
New York
23,500 81.4%
LGA → BNA
Nashville
23,495 81.2%
BNA → ATL
Atlanta
22,232 87.9%
ATL → BNA
Nashville
22,217 85.2%

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.