Phoenix Sky Harbor International in October 2024

83.8%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 October 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 16,978 domestic departures from Phoenix Sky Harbor International (PHX). 83.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 84.2% reached their destination on time; 0.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.5% of flights departed on time and 85.8% arrived on time, so PHX departures were 1.7 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in October 2023, the airport had 15,503 departures with 81.1% leaving on time: a change of +2.7 points, with flights up 10%.

Flights arriving at PHX that month were on time 86.7% of the time (16,972 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 46%, late-arriving aircraft 39% and national aviation system 13%.

On time 84.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.4%
Cancelled 0.2%
Diverted 0.1%

Every scheduled departure from PHX in October 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

October 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Oct 2024	Oct 2023	PHX, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2024
Departed on time	83.8%	81.1%	76.1%	85.5%
Arrived on time	84.2%	82.6%	77.4%	85.8%
Cancelled	0.2%	0.1%	0.9%	1.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	10.3 min	11.5 min	15.8 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	566	517	542	20,517
Scheduled departures	16,978	15,503	197,642	615,497

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	5,938	35%	83.3%	1.7 min	0.3%
AA American Airlines	4,799	28%	83.8%	2.3 min	0.2%
OO SkyWest Airlines	2,199	13%	81.4%	6.5 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	921	5%	91.2%	-5.1 min	0.1%
DL Delta Air Lines	890	5%	91.6%	-2.5 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	814	5%	75.9%	10.1 min	1.0%
MQ Envoy Air	786	5%	92.0%	-5.9 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	411	2%	90.5%	-4.5 min	0.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways	79	0%	79.7%	-1.2 min	0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	70	0%	82.9%	3.1 min	2.9%
G4 Allegiant Air	40	0%	82.5%	2.1 min	0.0%
HA Hawaiian Airlines	31	0%	80.6%	2.6 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
PHX–DEN	Phoenix to Denver	826	87.8%	-2.0 min	0.1%
PHX–LAX	Phoenix to Los Angeles	697	86.9%	-0.4 min	0.0%
PHX–LAS	Phoenix to Las Vegas	652	82.2%	3.5 min	0.2%
PHX–SEA	Phoenix to Seattle	597	89.9%	-5.6 min	0.0%
PHX–SAN	Phoenix to San Diego	511	70.8%	16.0 min	1.4%
PHX–SLC	Phoenix to Salt Lake City	488	89.5%	-3.7 min	0.0%
PHX–ORD	Phoenix to Chicago	480	88.3%	-6.4 min	0.0%
PHX–DFW	Phoenix to Dallas/Fort Worth	432	87.5%	-1.5 min	0.5%
PHX–SFO	Phoenix to San Francisco	432	84.3%	5.0 min	0.0%
PHX–SNA	Phoenix to Santa Ana	351	84.9%	-1.6 min	0.0%
PHX–PDX	Phoenix to Portland	325	84.3%	3.1 min	0.0%
PHX–SMF	Phoenix to Sacramento	324	83.3%	3.9 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), October 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	45.6%	42.7%	68,016
Late-arriving aircraft	39.0%	37.4%	58,200
National Aviation System	13.4%	16.3%	20,033
Extreme weather	1.7%	3.4%	2,513
Security	0.4%	0.2%	555

149,317 delay minutes on 2,611 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 October 2024?

83.8% of 16,978 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 84.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.5% and 85.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2023, 81.1% of 15,503 departures left on time and 0.1% were cancelled, against 83.8% and 0.2% in October 2024.

Provenance

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