On-Time Report

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Airport month · April 2026

Mesa Gateway in April 2026

76.1%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 April 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 543 domestic departures from Mesa Gateway (AZA). 76.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 77.2% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.1% of flights departed on time and 78.9% arrived on time, so AZA departures were 3.0 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in April 2025, the airport had 601 departures with 81.0% leaving on time: a change of −4.9 points, with flights down 10%.

Flights arriving at AZA that month were on time 70.0% of the time (543 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 55%, late-arriving aircraft 34% and national aviation system 8%.

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

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

MeasureApr 2026Apr 2025AZA, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Apr 2026
Departed on time76.1%81.0%81.8%79.1%
Arrived on time77.2%84.9%80.8%78.9%
Cancelled0.0%0.0%0.3%0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)17.6 min10.8 min13.6 min14.5 min
Scheduled departures a day18201719,931
Scheduled departures5436016,301597,919

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
G4 Allegiant Air543100%77.2%11.0 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
AZA–PVUPhoenix to Provo6068.3%22.2 min0.0%
AZA–FARPhoenix to Fargo3488.2%5.4 min0.0%
AZA–FSDPhoenix to Sioux Falls3482.4%-3.4 min0.0%
AZA–ATWPhoenix to Appleton2878.6%40.7 min0.0%
AZA–BISPhoenix to Bismarck/Mandan2889.3%3.6 min0.0%
AZA–PIAPhoenix to Peoria20100.0%-15.2 min0.0%
AZA–GRRPhoenix to Grand Rapids1566.7%11.7 min0.0%
AZA–RFDPhoenix to Rockford1580.0%2.0 min0.0%
AZA–BILPhoenix to Billings1376.9%1.9 min0.0%
AZA–BLIPhoenix to Bellingham1376.9%21.5 min0.0%
AZA–IDAPhoenix to Idaho Falls1384.6%8.2 min0.0%
AZA–MSOPhoenix to Missoula1283.3%11.7 min0.0%

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), April 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Apr 2026Minutes
Air carrier55.3%33.5%4,896
Late-arriving aircraft34.0%40.4%3,006
National Aviation System8.1%21.0%715
Extreme weather2.7%5.0%237
Security0.0%0.1%0
8,854 delay minutes on 122 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.
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Questions and answers

How many flights left AZA on time in April 2026?

76.1% of 543 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 77.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.1% and 78.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In April 2025, 81.0% of 601 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 76.1% and 0.0% in April 2026.

Provenance

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