Mesa Gateway in May 2026

79.2%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 May 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 480 domestic departures from Mesa Gateway (AZA). 79.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 75.8% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.1% of flights departed on time and 77.6% arrived on time, so AZA departures were 2.1 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in May 2025, the airport had 504 departures with 86.9% leaving on time: a change of −7.7 points, with flights down 5%.

Flights arriving at AZA that month were on time 75.8% of the time (480 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 57%, late-arriving aircraft 27% and national aviation system 14%.

On time 75.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 23.8%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.4%

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

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

Measure	May 2026	May 2025	AZA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, May 2026
Departed on time	79.2%	86.9%	81.8%	77.1%
Arrived on time	75.8%	86.3%	80.8%	77.6%
Cancelled	0.0%	0.0%	0.3%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	16.3 min	9.0 min	13.6 min	16.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	16	17	17	20,391
Scheduled departures	480	504	6,301	611,735

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
G4 Allegiant Air	480	100%	75.8%	12.4 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AZA–PVU	Phoenix to Provo	56	75.0%	27.4 min	0.0%
AZA–FSD	Phoenix to Sioux Falls	30	63.3%	9.4 min	0.0%
AZA–FAR	Phoenix to Fargo	27	81.5%	10.7 min	0.0%
AZA–ATW	Phoenix to Appleton	18	72.2%	70.8 min	0.0%
AZA–PIA	Phoenix to Peoria	15	86.7%	2.9 min	0.0%
AZA–RFD	Phoenix to Rockford	15	80.0%	10.0 min	0.0%
AZA–BIL	Phoenix to Billings	14	71.4%	29.8 min	0.0%
AZA–BIS	Phoenix to Bismarck/Mandan	14	78.6%	2.0 min	0.0%
AZA–RAP	Phoenix to Rapid City	14	92.9%	-4.9 min	0.0%
AZA–SGF	Phoenix to Springfield	14	71.4%	6.8 min	0.0%
AZA–GRR	Phoenix to Grand Rapids	12	91.7%	-10.3 min	0.0%
AZA–IDA	Phoenix to Idaho Falls	12	91.7%	-3.5 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 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, May 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	57.1%	33.0%	4,606
Late-arriving aircraft	26.9%	40.4%	2,168
National Aviation System	14.2%	20.5%	1,142
Extreme weather	1.9%	6.0%	154
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

8,070 delay minutes on 114 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 2026?

79.2% of 480 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 75.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.1% and 77.6%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In May 2025, 86.9% of 504 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 79.2% and 0.0% in May 2026.

Provenance

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