Mesa Gateway in March 2025

82.3%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 March 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 840 domestic departures from Mesa Gateway (AZA). 82.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.8% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.9% of flights departed on time and 79.3% arrived on time, so AZA departures were 2.4 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in March 2024, the airport had 611 departures with 89.2% leaving on time: a change of −6.9 points, with flights up 37%.

Flights arriving at AZA that month were on time 78.7% of the time (840 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 47%, late-arriving aircraft 31% and national aviation system 17%.

On time 80.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.6%
Cancelled 0.5%
Diverted 0.1%

Every scheduled departure from AZA in March 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

March 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Mar 2025	Mar 2024	AZA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2025
Departed on time	82.3%	89.2%	81.8%	79.9%
Arrived on time	80.8%	89.5%	80.8%	79.3%
Cancelled	0.5%	0.3%	0.3%	1.2%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	9.9 min	10.7 min	13.6 min	14.9 min
Scheduled departures a day	28	20	17	20,029
Scheduled departures	840	611	6,301	600,872

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
G4 Allegiant Air	840	100%	80.8%	2.6 min	0.5%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AZA–PVU	Phoenix to Provo	79	67.1%	20.4 min	1.3%
AZA–FAR	Phoenix to Fargo	54	85.2%	-3.9 min	0.0%
AZA–FSD	Phoenix to Sioux Falls	54	87.0%	-0.5 min	0.0%
AZA–ATW	Phoenix to Appleton	41	61.0%	18.1 min	0.0%
AZA–BIS	Phoenix to Bismarck/Mandan	37	89.2%	-5.1 min	0.0%
AZA–CID	Phoenix to Cedar Rapids/Iowa City	33	66.7%	5.3 min	0.0%
AZA–PIA	Phoenix to Peoria	30	80.0%	2.6 min	0.0%
AZA–DSM	Phoenix to Des Moines	25	84.0%	-4.7 min	8.0%
AZA–SGF	Phoenix to Springfield	25	84.0%	-1.5 min	0.0%
AZA–BZN	Phoenix to Bozeman	24	87.5%	-3.0 min	0.0%
AZA–RAP	Phoenix to Rapid City	24	91.7%	-2.8 min	0.0%
AZA–BIL	Phoenix to Billings	23	82.6%	-1.4 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 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	47.3%	33.0%	3,745
Late-arriving aircraft	31.2%	39.2%	2,466
National Aviation System	16.5%	21.9%	1,308
Extreme weather	3.9%	5.9%	307
Security	1.1%	0.1%	84

7,910 delay minutes on 156 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 2025?

82.3% of 840 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.9% and 79.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In March 2024, 89.2% of 611 departures left on time and 0.3% were cancelled, against 82.3% and 0.5% in March 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for March 2025; 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.