Direct flights from New York (LGA) to Pensacola (PNS): 7 nonstop departures observed each week across 1 airline. 71% of the last 7 operated flights arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. The median arrival is 11 minutes early. 2 of the 7 tracked flights were cancelled. The nonstop covers 1,658 km, an estimated 2 hours 38 minutes in the air. Measured by Pro Flight Search from live flight boards at New York and Pensacola. Updated 16 October 2026 at 05:15 UTC.
The LGA board at 01:15 shows departure at 10:15 instead of 09:40, gate 61 (TC).
Checked LGA board 01:15
of the last 7 operated LGA → PNS flights arrived within 15 minutes
Median arrival delay is −11 min. 2 of 7 tracked legs cancelled in the sample. Will a delayed flight be cancelled? →
Flights DL5156 varies daily
Actual board outcomes rather than schedules, paired departure and arrival per flight and day.
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Pro Flight Search records official board updates for nonstop LGA to PNS flights through the day: schedules, estimates, gate pushes and actual departures. The verdict above comes from operated flights, so it reflects what this route does rather than what the timetable promises.
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Pro Flight Search — New York (LGA) to Pensacola (PNS) route reliability, measured from operated flights on official airport boards.
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Significant delay risk. The departure side at LGA is the weaker end, route health score 42/100. The airports section above carries the live status and delay window at both ends.
Great-circle distance is 1,658 km. With typical jet cruise speed plus taxi, climb and descent, expect roughly 147–172 min gate-to-gate on this route.
Delta Air Lines runs the route with about 7 flights a week (daily). Since one carrier owns the route, a single disruption tends to ripple through the day.
A blend of departure-side delay at LGA and arrival-side delay at PNS, computed from rolling delay windows (refreshed every 40 minutes) with a daily-rollup fallback. Current MVFR, IFR, or LIFR endpoint weather caps the score when flight rules can limit throughput. Higher is healthier: 100 means operations are clean at both ends.
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