Mesa Gateway in December 2023

87.8%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 December 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 509 domestic departures from Mesa Gateway (AZA). 87.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 83.7% reached their destination on time; 1.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 83.8% arrived on time, so AZA departures were 4.7 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at AZA that month were on time 85.7% of the time (510 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 33%, extreme weather 29% and national aviation system 20%.

On time 83.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 13.6%
Cancelled 1.6%
Diverted 1.2%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2023	Year earlier	AZA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2023
Departed on time	87.8%	—	81.8%	83.1%
Arrived on time	83.7%	—	80.8%	83.8%
Cancelled	1.6%	—	0.3%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	8.2 min	—	13.6 min	11.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	17	—	17	19,013
Scheduled departures	509	—	6,301	570,394

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
G4 Allegiant Air	509	100%	83.7%	0.2 min	1.6%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AZA–PVU	Phoenix to Provo	54	90.7%	-6.1 min	0.0%
AZA–FAR	Phoenix to Fargo	29	86.2%	-7.5 min	3.4%
AZA–FSD	Phoenix to Sioux Falls	28	82.1%	4.8 min	0.0%
AZA–CID	Phoenix to Cedar Rapids/Iowa City	22	81.8%	-2.1 min	0.0%
AZA–BIS	Phoenix to Bismarck/Mandan	19	84.2%	-3.4 min	5.3%
AZA–GRR	Phoenix to Grand Rapids	18	94.4%	-8.8 min	0.0%
AZA–IDA	Phoenix to Idaho Falls	17	70.6%	8.3 min	0.0%
AZA–RAP	Phoenix to Rapid City	17	70.6%	-5.3 min	0.0%
AZA–PIA	Phoenix to Peoria	16	68.8%	13.7 min	0.0%
AZA–ATW	Phoenix to Appleton	15	86.7%	47.1 min	0.0%
AZA–DSM	Phoenix to Des Moines	14	71.4%	-0.2 min	7.1%
AZA–BIL	Phoenix to Billings	13	92.3%	-9.2 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

100

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

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

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	33.4%	37.1%	1,415
Late-arriving aircraft	14.7%	38.8%	622
National Aviation System	20.0%	17.6%	847
Extreme weather	29.3%	6.2%	1,241
Security	2.6%	0.3%	109

4,234 delay minutes on 69 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 December 2023?

87.8% of 509 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 83.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 83.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

December 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 December 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.