Mesa Gateway in August 2024

81.3%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 August 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 391 domestic departures from Mesa Gateway (AZA). 81.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.8% reached their destination on time; 0.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.4% of flights departed on time and 74.7% arrived on time, so AZA departures were 5.9 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in August 2023, the airport had 358 departures with 80.2% leaving on time: a change of +1.1 points, with flights up 9%.

Flights arriving at AZA that month were on time 77.0% of the time (391 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 48%, late-arriving aircraft 34% and national aviation system 11%.

On time 80.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.7%
Cancelled 0.3%
Diverted 0.3%

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

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

Measure	Aug 2024	Aug 2023	AZA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2024
Departed on time	81.3%	80.2%	81.8%	75.4%
Arrived on time	80.8%	78.5%	80.8%	74.7%
Cancelled	0.3%	0.3%	0.3%	2.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	10.0 min	11.3 min	13.6 min	18.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	13	12	17	20,634
Scheduled departures	391	358	6,301	619,025

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
G4 Allegiant Air	391	100%	80.8%	1.0 min	0.3%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AZA–PVU	Phoenix to Provo	50	64.0%	17.2 min	0.0%
AZA–IDA	Phoenix to Idaho Falls	21	95.2%	-7.9 min	0.0%
AZA–FAR	Phoenix to Fargo	19	89.5%	-10.9 min	0.0%
AZA–BIS	Phoenix to Bismarck/Mandan	17	94.1%	-10.4 min	0.0%
AZA–BIL	Phoenix to Billings	16	87.5%	-5.3 min	6.3%
AZA–FSD	Phoenix to Sioux Falls	16	68.8%	1.1 min	0.0%
AZA–GRR	Phoenix to Grand Rapids	15	73.3%	5.6 min	0.0%
AZA–RAP	Phoenix to Rapid City	15	73.3%	7.9 min	0.0%
AZA–ATW	Phoenix to Appleton	13	92.3%	-16.0 min	0.0%
AZA–BLI	Phoenix to Bellingham	13	76.9%	8.2 min	0.0%
AZA–CID	Phoenix to Cedar Rapids/Iowa City	13	100.0%	-13.3 min	0.0%
AZA–PIA	Phoenix to Peoria	13	100.0%	-11.5 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), August 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	47.5%	33.8%	1,698
Late-arriving aircraft	33.8%	39.8%	1,207
National Aviation System	11.4%	20.4%	407
Extreme weather	7.3%	5.9%	260
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

3,572 delay minutes on 73 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 August 2024?

81.3% of 391 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.4% and 74.7%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In August 2023, 80.2% of 358 departures left on time and 0.3% were cancelled, against 81.3% and 0.3% in August 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 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.