Mesa Gateway in October 2023

80.9%departed on time

BTS: A flight is counted as on time if it arrived less than 15 minutes after its scheduled time. Only carriers with at least 0.5 percent of domestic scheduled passenger revenue report.

In October 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 514 domestic departures from Mesa Gateway (AZA). 80.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.9% reached their destination on time; 0.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.8% of flights departed on time and 84.0% arrived on time, so AZA departures were 2.9 points below the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at AZA that month were on time 77.8% of the time (514 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 35%, air carrier 31% and national aviation system 20%.

On time 80.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.9%
Cancelled 0.2%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from AZA in October 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

October 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Oct 2023	Year earlier	AZA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2023
Departed on time	80.9%	—	81.8%	83.8%
Arrived on time	80.9%	—	80.8%	84.0%
Cancelled	0.2%	—	0.3%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	12.0 min	—	13.6 min	11.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	17	—	17	19,966
Scheduled departures	514	—	6,301	598,968

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
G4 Allegiant Air	514	100%	80.9%	3.3 min	0.2%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AZA–PVU	Phoenix to Provo	58	60.3%	19.4 min	1.7%
AZA–FAR	Phoenix to Fargo	29	86.2%	-5.6 min	0.0%
AZA–FSD	Phoenix to Sioux Falls	20	95.0%	-0.3 min	0.0%
AZA–GRR	Phoenix to Grand Rapids	18	55.6%	18.8 min	0.0%
AZA–IDA	Phoenix to Idaho Falls	18	66.7%	-1.0 min	0.0%
AZA–PIA	Phoenix to Peoria	18	83.3%	24.6 min	0.0%
AZA–SGF	Phoenix to Springfield	18	83.3%	-0.1 min	0.0%
AZA–DSM	Phoenix to Des Moines	17	58.8%	14.4 min	0.0%
AZA–RAP	Phoenix to Rapid City	17	70.6%	7.7 min	0.0%
AZA–ATW	Phoenix to Appleton	16	50.0%	36.9 min	0.0%
AZA–BIS	Phoenix to Bismarck/Mandan	16	93.8%	-5.4 min	0.0%
AZA–CID	Phoenix to Cedar Rapids/Iowa City	16	93.8%	-9.8 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), October 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	30.7%	41.3%	1,724
Late-arriving aircraft	35.2%	40.5%	1,976
National Aviation System	20.4%	14.4%	1,147
Extreme weather	13.2%	3.7%	741
Security	0.4%	0.2%	25

5,613 delay minutes on 97 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

How many flights left AZA on time in October 2023?

80.9% of 514 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.8% and 84.0%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

October 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for October 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for AZA · methodology · corrections.