Mesa Gateway in December 2024

78.2%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 December 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 625 domestic departures from Mesa Gateway (AZA). 78.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 77.0% reached their destination on time; 1.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.8% of flights departed on time and 78.1% arrived on time, so AZA departures were level with the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in December 2023, the airport had 509 departures with 87.8% leaving on time: a change of −9.6 points, with flights up 23%.

Flights arriving at AZA that month were on time 72.8% of the time (626 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 32%, extreme weather 27% and air carrier 26%.

On time 77.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 21.4%
Cancelled 1.3%
Diverted 0.3%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2024	Dec 2023	AZA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2024
Departed on time	78.2%	87.8%	81.8%	77.8%
Arrived on time	77.0%	83.7%	80.8%	78.1%
Cancelled	1.3%	1.6%	0.3%	0.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	14.9 min	8.2 min	13.6 min	16.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	21	17	17	19,686
Scheduled departures	625	509	6,301	590,581

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
G4 Allegiant Air	625	100%	77.0%	5.6 min	1.3%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AZA–PVU	Phoenix to Provo	66	62.1%	17.2 min	0.0%
AZA–FAR	Phoenix to Fargo	32	84.4%	30.1 min	0.0%
AZA–FSD	Phoenix to Sioux Falls	32	84.4%	-8.4 min	0.0%
AZA–CID	Phoenix to Cedar Rapids/Iowa City	25	72.0%	10.6 min	4.0%
AZA–RAP	Phoenix to Rapid City	25	84.0%	-3.6 min	0.0%
AZA–BIS	Phoenix to Bismarck/Mandan	24	79.2%	-0.8 min	0.0%
AZA–IDA	Phoenix to Idaho Falls	24	87.5%	-9.5 min	4.2%
AZA–PIA	Phoenix to Peoria	24	79.2%	1.3 min	0.0%
AZA–ATW	Phoenix to Appleton	22	63.6%	9.9 min	4.5%
AZA–GRR	Phoenix to Grand Rapids	21	90.5%	-2.5 min	0.0%
AZA–PSC	Phoenix to Pasco/Kennewick/Richland	21	90.5%	-6.7 min	0.0%
AZA–MSO	Phoenix to Missoula	20	65.0%	14.4 min	5.0%

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), December 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	26.1%	34.3%	2,255
Late-arriving aircraft	31.5%	40.2%	2,726
National Aviation System	15.1%	17.8%	1,309
Extreme weather	26.9%	7.5%	2,322
Security	0.4%	0.2%	31

8,643 delay minutes on 134 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 December 2024?

78.2% of 625 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 77.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.8% and 78.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In December 2023, 87.8% of 509 departures left on time and 1.6% were cancelled, against 78.2% and 1.3% in December 2024.

Provenance

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