Mesa Gateway in March 2024

89.2%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 March 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 611 domestic departures from Mesa Gateway (AZA). 89.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 89.5% reached their destination on time; 0.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.5% of flights departed on time and 78.3% arrived on time, so AZA departures were 10.7 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at AZA that month were on time 86.9% of the time (612 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 65%, late-arriving aircraft 16% and national aviation system 11%.

On time 89.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 9.8%
Cancelled 0.3%
Diverted 0.3%

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

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

Measure	Mar 2024	Year earlier	AZA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2024
Departed on time	89.2%	—	81.8%	78.5%
Arrived on time	89.5%	—	80.8%	78.3%
Cancelled	0.3%	—	0.3%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	10.7 min	—	13.6 min	15.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	20	—	17	19,726
Scheduled departures	611	—	6,301	591,767

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
G4 Allegiant Air	611	100%	89.5%	-3.5 min	0.3%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AZA–PVU	Phoenix to Provo	58	72.4%	50.8 min	1.7%
AZA–FSD	Phoenix to Sioux Falls	41	85.4%	-7.9 min	0.0%
AZA–BIS	Phoenix to Bismarck/Mandan	31	93.5%	-8.3 min	0.0%
AZA–FAR	Phoenix to Fargo	31	93.5%	-11.4 min	0.0%
AZA–CID	Phoenix to Cedar Rapids/Iowa City	30	96.7%	-14.0 min	0.0%
AZA–ATW	Phoenix to Appleton	26	92.3%	-12.4 min	0.0%
AZA–DSM	Phoenix to Des Moines	21	76.2%	0.9 min	0.0%
AZA–RFD	Phoenix to Rockford	21	95.2%	-11.3 min	0.0%
AZA–BIL	Phoenix to Billings	18	83.3%	12.8 min	0.0%
AZA–RAP	Phoenix to Rapid City	18	83.3%	-1.2 min	5.6%
AZA–STC	Phoenix to St. Cloud	18	94.4%	-26.3 min	0.0%
AZA–PIA	Phoenix to Peoria	17	94.1%	-18.7 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), March 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	64.5%	32.1%	3,730
Late-arriving aircraft	16.1%	42.1%	934
National Aviation System	11.4%	21.4%	661
Extreme weather	7.5%	4.2%	433
Security	0.4%	0.2%	26

5,784 delay minutes on 60 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 March 2024?

89.2% of 611 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 89.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.5% and 78.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

March 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 March 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.