Mesa Gateway in March 2026

81.8%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 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 784 domestic departures from Mesa Gateway (AZA). 81.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 76.1% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 72.8% of flights departed on time and 73.2% arrived on time, so AZA departures were 9.0 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in March 2025, the airport had 840 departures with 82.3% leaving on time: a change of −0.5 points, with flights down 7%.

Flights arriving at AZA that month were on time 79.5% of the time (785 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 51%, late-arriving aircraft 20% and national aviation system 18%.

On time 76.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 22.8%
Cancelled 0.5%
Diverted 0.5%

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

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

Measure	Mar 2026	Mar 2025	AZA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2026
Departed on time	81.8%	82.3%	81.8%	72.8%
Arrived on time	76.1%	80.8%	80.8%	73.2%
Cancelled	0.5%	0.5%	0.3%	2.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	14.0 min	9.9 min	13.6 min	20.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	26	28	17	20,403
Scheduled departures	784	840	6,301	612,102

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
G4 Allegiant Air	784	100%	76.1%	9.3 min	0.5%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AZA–PVU	Phoenix to Provo	82	69.5%	21.7 min	0.0%
AZA–FAR	Phoenix to Fargo	52	84.6%	0.9 min	0.0%
AZA–FSD	Phoenix to Sioux Falls	51	80.4%	-0.2 min	3.9%
AZA–ATW	Phoenix to Appleton	37	59.5%	13.5 min	2.7%
AZA–BIS	Phoenix to Bismarck/Mandan	37	81.1%	6.3 min	0.0%
AZA–CID	Phoenix to Cedar Rapids/Iowa City	31	67.7%	1.2 min	3.2%
AZA–PIA	Phoenix to Peoria	28	96.4%	-6.2 min	0.0%
AZA–DSM	Phoenix to Des Moines	24	54.2%	28.0 min	0.0%
AZA–BZN	Phoenix to Bozeman	22	54.5%	36.5 min	0.0%
AZA–STC	Phoenix to St. Cloud	22	77.3%	10.3 min	0.0%
AZA–GRR	Phoenix to Grand Rapids	19	68.4%	2.7 min	0.0%
AZA–RAP	Phoenix to Rapid City	19	89.5%	-2.3 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), March 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	50.9%	33.5%	5,929
Late-arriving aircraft	20.4%	39.3%	2,379
National Aviation System	17.7%	21.0%	2,065
Extreme weather	10.9%	5.9%	1,267
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

11,640 delay minutes on 179 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 2026?

81.8% of 784 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 76.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.8% and 73.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In March 2025, 82.3% of 840 departures left on time and 0.5% were cancelled, against 81.8% and 0.5% in March 2026.

Provenance

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