Mesa Gateway in September 2024

86.5%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 September 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 325 domestic departures from Mesa Gateway (AZA). 86.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 87.1% reached their destination on time; 0.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.4% of flights departed on time and 83.9% arrived on time, so AZA departures were 2.1 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in September 2023, the airport had 293 departures with 86.7% leaving on time: a change of −0.2 points, with flights up 11%.

Flights arriving at AZA that month were on time 87.1% of the time (325 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 58%, late-arriving aircraft 33% and national aviation system 8%.

On time 87.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 12.6%
Cancelled 0.3%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Sep 2024	Sep 2023	AZA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2024
Departed on time	86.5%	86.7%	81.8%	84.4%
Arrived on time	87.1%	87.4%	80.8%	83.9%
Cancelled	0.3%	0.0%	0.3%	0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	7.9 min	12.1 min	13.6 min	10.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	11	10	17	19,421
Scheduled departures	325	293	6,301	582,622

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
G4 Allegiant Air	325	100%	87.1%	-3.8 min	0.3%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AZA–PVU	Phoenix to Provo	49	73.5%	15.8 min	0.0%
AZA–IDA	Phoenix to Idaho Falls	18	100.0%	-12.7 min	0.0%
AZA–FAR	Phoenix to Fargo	17	88.2%	-3.1 min	0.0%
AZA–GRR	Phoenix to Grand Rapids	15	86.7%	-9.0 min	0.0%
AZA–FSD	Phoenix to Sioux Falls	14	92.9%	-12.9 min	0.0%
AZA–BIL	Phoenix to Billings	13	92.3%	-0.8 min	0.0%
AZA–BIS	Phoenix to Bismarck/Mandan	13	100.0%	-18.5 min	0.0%
AZA–CID	Phoenix to Cedar Rapids/Iowa City	13	92.3%	-12.9 min	0.0%
AZA–PIA	Phoenix to Peoria	13	100.0%	-18.0 min	0.0%
AZA–RAP	Phoenix to Rapid City	13	84.6%	-6.2 min	0.0%
AZA–DSM	Phoenix to Des Moines	10	40.0%	14.0 min	10.0%
AZA–RFD	Phoenix to Rockford	10	90.0%	-8.1 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), September 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	58.1%	38.6%	1,272
Late-arriving aircraft	33.0%	38.4%	723
National Aviation System	8.1%	18.2%	177
Extreme weather	0.8%	4.8%	18
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

2,190 delay minutes on 41 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 September 2024?

86.5% of 325 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 87.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.4% and 83.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In September 2023, 86.7% of 293 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 86.5% and 0.3% in September 2024.

Provenance

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