Phoenix Sky Harbor International in November 2023

85.8%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 November 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 15,792 domestic departures from Phoenix Sky Harbor International (PHX). 85.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 86.8% reached their destination on time; 0.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 86.0% of flights departed on time and 86.2% arrived on time, so PHX departures were level with the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at PHX that month were on time 86.1% of the time (15,803 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 41%, air carrier 38% and national aviation system 16%.

On time 86.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 13.0%
Cancelled 0.1%
Diverted 0.1%

Every scheduled departure from PHX in November 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

November 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Nov 2023	Year earlier	PHX, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2023
Departed on time	85.8%	—	76.1%	86.0%
Arrived on time	86.8%	—	77.4%	86.2%
Cancelled	0.1%	—	0.9%	0.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	8.5 min	—	15.8 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	526	—	542	18,793
Scheduled departures	15,792	—	197,642	563,777

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	5,327	34%	86.1%	-0.3 min	0.1%
AA American Airlines	4,499	28%	86.8%	-2.1 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	2,480	16%	87.5%	1.7 min	0.1%
DL Delta Air Lines	851	5%	93.7%	-9.0 min	0.1%
F9 Frontier Airlines	815	5%	82.6%	-0.1 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	811	5%	91.5%	-6.4 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	385	2%	88.3%	-1.2 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	327	2%	88.7%	1.6 min	0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	163	1%	74.2%	5.6 min	0.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways	70	0%	64.3%	13.6 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	34	0%	79.4%	5.6 min	0.0%
HA Hawaiian Airlines	30	0%	60.0%	11.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
PHX–DEN	Phoenix to Denver	801	87.9%	-1.9 min	0.4%
PHX–SEA	Phoenix to Seattle	571	90.5%	-6.4 min	0.0%
PHX–LAS	Phoenix to Las Vegas	569	86.1%	2.1 min	0.2%
PHX–LAX	Phoenix to Los Angeles	538	88.3%	-1.6 min	0.0%
PHX–ORD	Phoenix to Chicago	510	89.4%	-5.6 min	0.0%
PHX–SLC	Phoenix to Salt Lake City	508	91.5%	-7.7 min	0.0%
PHX–SAN	Phoenix to San Diego	480	84.0%	0.3 min	0.6%
PHX–DFW	Phoenix to Dallas/Fort Worth	424	88.0%	-3.1 min	0.0%
PHX–SFO	Phoenix to San Francisco	373	83.9%	-0.9 min	0.0%
PHX–SNA	Phoenix to Santa Ana	354	86.2%	-2.1 min	0.0%
PHX–SMF	Phoenix to Sacramento	307	86.6%	0.4 min	0.0%
PHX–PDX	Phoenix to Portland	299	88.3%	-1.5 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), November 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	38.3%	42.5%	40,586
Late-arriving aircraft	40.8%	37.3%	43,241
National Aviation System	15.8%	16.2%	16,793
Extreme weather	4.9%	3.7%	5,179
Security	0.2%	0.3%	219

106,018 delay minutes on 2,050 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 PHX on time in November 2023?

85.8% of 15,792 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 86.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 86.0% and 86.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

November 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for November 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for PHX · methodology · corrections.