Mesa Gateway in January 2024

82.6%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 January 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 511 domestic departures from Mesa Gateway (AZA). 82.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.2% reached their destination on time; 2.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 74.0% of flights departed on time and 72.9% arrived on time, so AZA departures were 8.6 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at AZA that month were on time 76.3% of the time (511 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 60%, late-arriving aircraft 17% and extreme weather 12%.

On time 80.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.0%
Cancelled 2.2%
Diverted 0.6%

Every scheduled departure from AZA in January 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jan 2024	Year earlier	AZA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2024
Departed on time	82.6%	—	81.8%	74.0%
Arrived on time	80.2%	—	80.8%	72.9%
Cancelled	2.2%	—	0.3%	3.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	16.2 min	—	13.6 min	18.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	17	—	17	18,242
Scheduled departures	511	—	6,301	547,271

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
G4 Allegiant Air	511	100%	80.2%	4.9 min	2.2%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AZA–PVU	Phoenix to Provo	53	75.5%	29.4 min	3.8%
AZA–FSD	Phoenix to Sioux Falls	30	90.0%	-11.3 min	0.0%
AZA–FAR	Phoenix to Fargo	28	92.9%	-17.2 min	0.0%
AZA–BIS	Phoenix to Bismarck/Mandan	20	80.0%	-7.8 min	5.0%
AZA–BIL	Phoenix to Billings	19	73.7%	21.0 min	5.3%
AZA–ATW	Phoenix to Appleton	18	83.3%	-8.3 min	0.0%
AZA–CID	Phoenix to Cedar Rapids/Iowa City	18	77.8%	14.3 min	0.0%
AZA–GRR	Phoenix to Grand Rapids	18	88.9%	-4.1 min	0.0%
AZA–RAP	Phoenix to Rapid City	18	88.9%	-3.6 min	0.0%
AZA–IDA	Phoenix to Idaho Falls	16	87.5%	-6.6 min	0.0%
AZA–DSM	Phoenix to Des Moines	15	53.3%	17.9 min	6.7%
AZA–MOT	Phoenix to Minot	14	64.3%	7.1 min	7.1%

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), January 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	60.4%	32.6%	4,684
Late-arriving aircraft	17.4%	39.0%	1,347
National Aviation System	10.6%	17.9%	823
Extreme weather	11.5%	10.3%	891
Security	0.2%	0.2%	15

7,760 delay minutes on 87 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 January 2024?

82.6% of 511 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 74.0% and 72.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

January 2023 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 January 2024; 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.