Mesa Gateway in February 2026

87.9%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 February 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 530 domestic departures from Mesa Gateway (AZA). 87.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 86.8% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.1% of flights departed on time and 78.3% arrived on time, so AZA departures were 9.8 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2025, the airport had 547 departures with 83.4% leaving on time: a change of +4.5 points, with flights down 3%.

Flights arriving at AZA that month were on time 81.7% of the time (530 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 45%, late-arriving aircraft 27% and national aviation system 21%.

On time 86.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 13.2%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Feb 2026	Feb 2025	AZA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2026
Departed on time	87.9%	83.4%	81.8%	78.1%
Arrived on time	86.8%	85.7%	80.8%	78.3%
Cancelled	0.0%	0.4%	0.3%	2.3%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	7.5 min	8.1 min	13.6 min	15.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	18	18	17	17,168
Scheduled departures	530	547	6,301	515,037

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
G4 Allegiant Air	530	100%	86.8%	-5.1 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AZA–PVU	Phoenix to Provo	50	88.0%	-2.4 min	0.0%
AZA–FAR	Phoenix to Fargo	42	88.1%	-8.2 min	0.0%
AZA–FSD	Phoenix to Sioux Falls	42	90.5%	-14.8 min	0.0%
AZA–BIS	Phoenix to Bismarck/Mandan	29	96.6%	-14.2 min	0.0%
AZA–ATW	Phoenix to Appleton	27	77.8%	-1.5 min	0.0%
AZA–CID	Phoenix to Cedar Rapids/Iowa City	21	71.4%	17.1 min	0.0%
AZA–DSM	Phoenix to Des Moines	16	75.0%	12.1 min	0.0%
AZA–MOT	Phoenix to Minot	16	100.0%	-20.9 min	0.0%
AZA–STC	Phoenix to St. Cloud	15	100.0%	-18.9 min	0.0%
AZA–GRR	Phoenix to Grand Rapids	14	78.6%	9.4 min	0.0%
AZA–PIA	Phoenix to Peoria	14	78.6%	-3.9 min	0.0%
AZA–RFD	Phoenix to Rockford	14	78.6%	2.1 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), February 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	45.3%	38.2%	1,726
Late-arriving aircraft	26.9%	37.2%	1,027
National Aviation System	20.6%	18.5%	787
Extreme weather	7.2%	6.0%	274
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

3,814 delay minutes on 70 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 February 2026?

87.9% of 530 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 86.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.1% and 78.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2025, 83.4% of 547 departures left on time and 0.4% were cancelled, against 87.9% and 0.0% in February 2026.

Provenance

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