Mesa Gateway in January 2026

83.2%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 January 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 524 domestic departures from Mesa Gateway (AZA). 83.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 82.4% reached their destination on time; 0.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.6% of flights departed on time and 75.3% arrived on time, so AZA departures were 7.6 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in January 2025, the airport had 553 departures with 81.0% leaving on time: a change of +2.2 points, with flights down 5%.

Flights arriving at AZA that month were on time 76.1% of the time (524 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 53%, late-arriving aircraft 33% and national aviation system 11%.

On time 82.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.2%
Cancelled 0.2%
Diverted 0.2%

Every scheduled departure from AZA in January 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jan 2026	Jan 2025	AZA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2026
Departed on time	83.2%	81.0%	81.8%	75.6%
Arrived on time	82.4%	83.5%	80.8%	75.3%
Cancelled	0.2%	0.0%	0.3%	4.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	14.8 min	13.3 min	13.6 min	16.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	18	18	17	18,133
Scheduled departures	524	553	6,301	544,003

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
G4 Allegiant Air	524	100%	82.4%	2.3 min	0.2%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AZA–PVU	Phoenix to Provo	49	79.6%	37.6 min	0.0%
AZA–FAR	Phoenix to Fargo	39	92.3%	-10.3 min	0.0%
AZA–FSD	Phoenix to Sioux Falls	39	94.9%	-7.9 min	0.0%
AZA–BIS	Phoenix to Bismarck/Mandan	28	92.9%	-9.1 min	0.0%
AZA–ATW	Phoenix to Appleton	24	87.5%	-3.5 min	0.0%
AZA–CID	Phoenix to Cedar Rapids/Iowa City	20	75.0%	-5.7 min	0.0%
AZA–IDA	Phoenix to Idaho Falls	20	80.0%	2.4 min	0.0%
AZA–DSM	Phoenix to Des Moines	19	57.9%	50.7 min	0.0%
AZA–MOT	Phoenix to Minot	19	84.2%	-11.1 min	0.0%
AZA–PIA	Phoenix to Peoria	17	76.5%	3.1 min	0.0%
AZA–RAP	Phoenix to Rapid City	17	76.5%	0.5 min	0.0%
AZA–BIL	Phoenix to Billings	16	93.8%	-15.3 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), January 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	52.7%	37.3%	3,721
Late-arriving aircraft	32.7%	35.0%	2,308
National Aviation System	11.2%	18.0%	792
Extreme weather	3.4%	9.6%	239
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

7,060 delay minutes on 90 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 January 2026?

83.2% of 524 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 82.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.6% and 75.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In January 2025, 81.0% of 553 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 83.2% and 0.2% in January 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2026; 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.