Mesa Gateway in October 2024

91.6%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 October 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 464 domestic departures from Mesa Gateway (AZA). 91.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 92.0% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.5% of flights departed on time and 85.8% arrived on time, so AZA departures were 6.1 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in October 2023, the airport had 514 departures with 80.9% leaving on time: a change of +10.7 points, with flights down 10%.

Flights arriving at AZA that month were on time 87.9% of the time (464 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 38%, air carrier 35% and extreme weather 19%.

On time 92.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 7.5%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.4%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2024	Oct 2023	AZA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2024
Departed on time	91.6%	80.9%	81.8%	85.5%
Arrived on time	92.0%	80.9%	80.8%	85.8%
Cancelled	0.0%	0.2%	0.3%	1.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	4.6 min	12.0 min	13.6 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	16	17	17	20,517
Scheduled departures	464	514	6,301	615,497

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
G4 Allegiant Air	464	100%	92.0%	-7.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AZA–PVU	Phoenix to Provo	48	85.4%	-2.9 min	0.0%
AZA–FAR	Phoenix to Fargo	29	100.0%	-17.0 min	0.0%
AZA–SGF	Phoenix to Springfield	21	85.7%	-3.2 min	0.0%
AZA–FSD	Phoenix to Sioux Falls	20	100.0%	-10.0 min	0.0%
AZA–GRR	Phoenix to Grand Rapids	18	100.0%	-14.5 min	0.0%
AZA–ATW	Phoenix to Appleton	17	94.1%	-5.3 min	0.0%
AZA–BIS	Phoenix to Bismarck/Mandan	17	94.1%	-15.1 min	0.0%
AZA–CID	Phoenix to Cedar Rapids/Iowa City	17	88.2%	-1.2 min	0.0%
AZA–DSM	Phoenix to Des Moines	17	70.6%	7.7 min	0.0%
AZA–IDA	Phoenix to Idaho Falls	17	88.2%	-8.6 min	0.0%
AZA–PIA	Phoenix to Peoria	17	100.0%	-12.9 min	0.0%
AZA–BIL	Phoenix to Billings	13	92.3%	0.5 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), October 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	35.1%	42.7%	509
Late-arriving aircraft	37.8%	37.4%	549
National Aviation System	8.6%	16.3%	125
Extreme weather	18.5%	3.4%	269
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

1,452 delay minutes on 35 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 October 2024?

91.6% of 464 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 92.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.5% and 85.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2023, 80.9% of 514 departures left on time and 0.2% were cancelled, against 91.6% and 0.0% in October 2024.

Provenance

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