Mesa Gateway in May 2025

86.9%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 May 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 504 domestic departures from Mesa Gateway (AZA). 86.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 86.3% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 75.4% arrived on time, so AZA departures were 10.2 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in May 2024, the airport had 462 departures with 92.2% leaving on time: a change of −5.3 points, with flights up 9%.

Flights arriving at AZA that month were on time 83.5% of the time (504 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 42%, air carrier 38% and national aviation system 10%.

On time 86.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 13.5%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	May 2025	May 2024	AZA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, May 2025
Departed on time	86.9%	92.2%	81.8%	76.7%
Arrived on time	86.3%	93.3%	80.8%	75.4%
Cancelled	0.0%	0.0%	0.3%	1.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	9.0 min	4.2 min	13.6 min	17.5 min
Scheduled departures a day	17	15	17	20,188
Scheduled departures	504	462	6,301	605,648

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
G4 Allegiant Air	504	100%	86.3%	0.7 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AZA–PVU	Phoenix to Provo	57	68.4%	22.5 min	0.0%
AZA–FAR	Phoenix to Fargo	27	96.3%	-4.1 min	0.0%
AZA–FSD	Phoenix to Sioux Falls	27	96.3%	-5.7 min	0.0%
AZA–SGF	Phoenix to Springfield	20	95.0%	-5.0 min	0.0%
AZA–IDA	Phoenix to Idaho Falls	18	88.9%	-3.0 min	0.0%
AZA–ATW	Phoenix to Appleton	17	94.1%	-0.5 min	0.0%
AZA–BIS	Phoenix to Bismarck/Mandan	17	100.0%	-9.4 min	0.0%
AZA–GRR	Phoenix to Grand Rapids	17	88.2%	-1.4 min	0.0%
AZA–RAP	Phoenix to Rapid City	17	82.4%	0.2 min	0.0%
AZA–PIA	Phoenix to Peoria	15	86.7%	-3.0 min	0.0%
AZA–DSM	Phoenix to Des Moines	14	85.7%	-1.9 min	0.0%
AZA–RFD	Phoenix to Rockford	13	92.3%	-4.5 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), May 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, May 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	38.2%	29.3%	1,593
Late-arriving aircraft	41.7%	37.8%	1,742
National Aviation System	10.3%	25.9%	432
Extreme weather	9.8%	6.9%	408
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

4,175 delay minutes on 68 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 May 2025?

86.9% of 504 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 86.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 75.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In May 2024, 92.2% of 462 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 86.9% and 0.0% in May 2025.

Provenance

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