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Airport month · November 2024

Phoenix Sky Harbor International in November 2024

84.2%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 November 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 16,827 domestic departures from Phoenix Sky Harbor International (PHX). 84.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 86.3% reached their destination on time; 0.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.2% of flights departed on time and 84.8% arrived on time, so PHX departures were 1.0 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in November 2023, the airport had 15,792 departures with 85.8% leaving on time: a change of −1.6 points, with flights up 7%.

Flights arriving at PHX that month were on time 85.3% of the time (16,833 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 42%, late-arriving aircraft 41% and national aviation system 16%.

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

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

MeasureNov 2024Nov 2023PHX, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Nov 2024
Departed on time84.2%85.8%76.1%85.2%
Arrived on time86.3%86.8%77.4%84.8%
Cancelled0.2%0.1%0.9%0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)9.7 min8.5 min15.8 min10.2 min
Scheduled departures a day56152654219,180
Scheduled departures16,82715,792197,642575,404

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
WN Southwest Airlines5,76334%86.8%-2.1 min0.2%
AA American Airlines4,72128%87.2%-3.1 min0.2%
OO SkyWest Airlines2,28814%79.2%5.4 min0.4%
UA United Airlines9636%86.9%-3.9 min0.4%
DL Delta Air Lines8345%95.0%-9.4 min0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines7905%85.8%-1.6 min0.8%
MQ Envoy Air7554%92.6%-6.1 min0.1%
AS Alaska Airlines4403%84.1%2.7 min0.2%
B6 JetBlue Airways1541%76.6%10.7 min0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines530%86.8%-1.4 min0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air360%75.0%10.7 min0.0%
HA Hawaiian Airlines300%86.7%-2.9 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
PHX–DENPhoenix to Denver79785.8%-2.6 min1.4%
PHX–LAXPhoenix to Los Angeles66289.4%-3.6 min0.0%
PHX–LASPhoenix to Las Vegas58586.2%0.2 min0.2%
PHX–SEAPhoenix to Seattle57984.8%0.0 min0.0%
PHX–SLCPhoenix to Salt Lake City50089.0%-2.3 min0.2%
PHX–SANPhoenix to San Diego48479.5%4.0 min0.0%
PHX–ORDPhoenix to Chicago43491.7%-12.6 min0.2%
PHX–DFWPhoenix to Dallas/Fort Worth41784.7%-3.2 min1.4%
PHX–SFOPhoenix to San Francisco41174.0%14.1 min0.7%
PHX–SNAPhoenix to Santa Ana36489.6%-6.2 min0.0%
PHX–PDXPhoenix to Portland32985.4%5.4 min0.3%
PHX–SMFPhoenix to Sacramento30883.8%0.2 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), November 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Nov 2024Minutes
Air carrier41.8%36.9%52,787
Late-arriving aircraft41.1%35.6%51,934
National Aviation System15.7%21.9%19,787
Extreme weather1.3%5.4%1,690
Security0.2%0.2%192
126,390 delay minutes on 2,226 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 PHX on time in November 2024?

84.2% of 16,827 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 86.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.2% and 84.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In November 2023, 85.8% of 15,792 departures left on time and 0.1% were cancelled, against 84.2% and 0.2% in November 2024.

Provenance

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