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Itineraries flown on 20+ days in the Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 schedule · each leg’s record Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

Connect in the morning. The same 90-minute layover misses 5% of the time at 10 am and 17% of the time at 5 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)

Nonstop details →
United PNS DEN 3h 25m 76% 0.0% 242 Flying now
Frontier PNS DEN 3h 34m 70% 0.9% 219 Flying now
Southwest PNS DEN 3h 15m 53% 0.0% 168 Flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Denver on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Denver is 1 h behind Pensacola). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.
DeltaDetails → PNS 08:00 → ATL 10:16DL 3067 2h 34m Atlanta ATL 12:50 → DEN 14:04DL 957 7h 04m 99% 88%
UnitedDetails → PNS 16:48 → IAH 18:43UA 4303 · flown by CommuteAir 3h 27m Houston IAH 22:10 → DEN 23:57UA 1066 8h 09m 97% 86%
Delta + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails → PNS 06:00 → ATL 08:15DL 3019 2h 55m Atlanta ATL 11:10 → DEN 12:28UA 1327 7h 28m 96% 84%
UnitedDetails → PNS 07:00 → IAH 08:42UA 1823 3h 51m Houston IAH 12:33 → DEN 14:17UA 2168 8h 17m 98% 84%
DeltaDetails → PNS 07:00 → ATL 09:17DL 3129 2h 28m Atlanta ATL 11:45 → DEN 12:59DL 706 6h 59m 98% 83%
UnitedDetails → PNS 11:35 → IAH 13:30UA 4258 · flown by CommuteAir 2h 51m Houston IAH 16:21 → DEN 18:23UA 484 7h 48m 97% 77%
DeltaDetails → PNS 09:23 → ATL 11:35DL 3103 2h 15m Atlanta ATL 13:50 → DEN 15:00DL 530 6h 37m 98% 76%
AmericanDetails → PNS 05:22 → CLT 08:18AA 5548 · flown by PSA 3h 12m Charlotte CLT 11:30 → DEN 12:56AA 1758 8h 34m 97% 75%
Tight connection: often missed
AmericanDetails → PNS 07:22 → DFW 09:35AA 5437 · flown by PSA 1h 06m Dallas-Fort Worth DFW 10:41 → DEN 11:46AA 2359 5h 24m 74% 49%
AmericanDetails → PNS 17:27 → DFW 19:37AA 5355 · flown by PSA 52m Dallas-Fort Worth DFW 20:29 → DEN 21:32AA 577 5h 05m 65% 28%
AmericanDetails → PNS 18:54 → DFW 21:09AA 2314 1h 36m Dallas-Fort Worth DFW 22:45 → DEN 23:55AA 662 6h 01m 63% 26%

Same layover, different day-part

How often the first flight arrives too late to connect (45 min minimum), for one-ticket layovers of 45–80 minutes.

Morning
ATL · 1h 15m · leaves 09:23 5%
IAH · 50m · leaves 07:00 13%
DFW · 1h 06m · leaves 07:22 26%
Afternoon and evening
ATL · 59m · leaves 19:32 24%
MCI · 1h 00m · leaves 14:10 33%
DFW · 52m · leaves 17:27 35%

Delays build through the day, so an afternoon first leg eats the layover. A short connection is fine early in the morning and a gamble later on.

Mixing airlines

One ticketMiss it and the airline rebooks you; bags go through. 45 min is enough.
Separate ticketsMiss it and you buy a new ticket. Re-check bags, clear security again: we require 90 min.

The table above includes two-ticket connections (marked “two tickets”), held to the 90-minute minimum. One ticket only →

Regional partners count as the airline that sells them: SkyWest flying Delta Connection is one Delta ticket.

How these are worked out. Makes the connection: share of the last year’s flights where the first flight arrived with at least 45 minutes to spare (90 on separate tickets). Arrives on time: first flight not cancelled × connection made × second flight not cancelled and arriving within 15 minutes. Not yet counted: the second flight also leaving late (which helps), gate-to-gate distance at the hub, and rebooking after a missed connection.

About this data: US DOT on-time records, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, all US airlines; regional flights count under the airline that sells them. Schedules (which flights and connections exist, and their times) are as of Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026; seasonal flights outside that window aren’t ranked. Rebuilt monthly. JSON