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PNS vs LGA - 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
LGA

New York, NY

New York, New York

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Key Performance Metrics

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

Metric PNS LGA
On-Time Rate (higher is better) 81.4% 81.2%
Avg Delay (lower is better) 80.7 min 80.6 min
Delay Rate (lower is better) 18.6% 18.8%
Cancellation Rate (lower is better) 1.17% 1.80%
Total Flights 143,115 1,574,867
Delayed Flights 26,670 295,934
Cancelled Flights 1,679 28,401
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%

LGA - New York, NY

Late Aircraft 41.0%
Carrier 30.2%
NAS 23.9%
Weather 4.7%
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 LGA

Route Flights On-Time
ORD → LGA
New York
56,539 78.2%
LGA → ORD
Chicago
56,521 80.8%
ATL → LGA
New York
42,079 80.8%
LGA → ATL
Atlanta
42,078 82.2%
LGA → BOS
Boston
39,006 82.4%
BOS → LGA
New York
38,931 83.4%

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.