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Airport month · August 2024
Phoenix Sky Harbor International in August 2024
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 August 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 15,416 domestic departures from Phoenix Sky Harbor International (PHX). 78.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 78.4% reached their destination on time; 0.7% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 75.4% of flights departed on time and 74.7% arrived on time, so PHX departures were 3.5 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in August 2023, the airport had 14,304 departures with 77.7% leaving on time: a change of +1.2 points, with flights up 8%.
Flights arriving at PHX that month were on time 79.2% of the time (15,422 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 43%, air carrier 37% and national aviation system 15%.
- On time 78.4%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 20.5%
- Cancelled 0.7%
- Diverted 0.4%
August 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Aug 2024 | Aug 2023 | PHX, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Aug 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 78.9% | 77.7% | 76.1% | 75.4% |
| Arrived on time | 78.4% | 79.2% | 77.4% | 74.7% |
| Cancelled | 0.7% | 1.3% | 0.9% | 2.1% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 15.0 min | 16.2 min | 15.8 min | 18.4 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 514 | 477 | 542 | 20,634 |
| Scheduled departures | 15,416 | 14,304 | 197,642 | 619,025 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 5,481 | 36% | 78.7% | 5.7 min | 0.3% |
| AA American Airlines | 4,243 | 28% | 73.7% | 14.2 min | 1.0% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 1,976 | 13% | 84.1% | 2.3 min | 0.1% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 845 | 5% | 85.4% | 3.0 min | 0.5% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 776 | 5% | 84.4% | 3.6 min | 0.1% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 773 | 5% | 77.9% | 7.1 min | 1.8% |
| UA United Airlines | 742 | 5% | 78.2% | 8.6 min | 2.4% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 358 | 2% | 76.8% | 8.4 min | 0.6% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 92 | 1% | 67.4% | 19.6 min | 4.3% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 62 | 0% | 51.6% | 83.6 min | 6.5% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 37 | 0% | 70.3% | 15.2 min | 0.0% |
| HA Hawaiian Airlines | 31 | 0% | 93.5% | -7.6 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PHX–DEN | Phoenix to Denver | 719 | 77.6% | 8.8 min | 2.2% |
| PHX–LAX | Phoenix to Los Angeles | 650 | 83.1% | 5.2 min | 0.3% |
| PHX–LAS | Phoenix to Las Vegas | 603 | 74.5% | 10.8 min | 0.5% |
| PHX–SEA | Phoenix to Seattle | 587 | 75.0% | 9.5 min | 0.5% |
| PHX–SLC | Phoenix to Salt Lake City | 480 | 83.5% | -1.3 min | 0.4% |
| PHX–SAN | Phoenix to San Diego | 476 | 76.3% | 8.7 min | 0.6% |
| PHX–ORD | Phoenix to Chicago | 443 | 69.5% | 18.8 min | 0.9% |
| PHX–DFW | Phoenix to Dallas/Fort Worth | 425 | 83.1% | 3.3 min | 0.0% |
| PHX–SFO | Phoenix to San Francisco | 381 | 81.4% | 4.5 min | 1.0% |
| PHX–SNA | Phoenix to Santa Ana | 357 | 84.6% | 3.1 min | 1.1% |
| PHX–PDX | Phoenix to Portland | 312 | 78.5% | 9.5 min | 0.0% |
| PHX–SMF | Phoenix to Sacramento | 307 | 81.4% | 11.4 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left PHX on time in August 2024?
78.9% of 15,416 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 78.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.4% and 74.7%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In August 2023, 77.7% of 14,304 departures left on time and 1.3% were cancelled, against 78.9% and 0.7% in August 2024.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 2024; 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.