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Airport month · October 2025
Phoenix Sky Harbor International in October 2025
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 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 16,620 domestic departures from Phoenix Sky Harbor International (PHX). 76.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 78.4% reached their destination on time; 0.2% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 80.0% of flights departed on time and 79.1% arrived on time, so PHX departures were 3.5 points below the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in October 2024, the airport had 16,978 departures with 83.8% leaving on time: a change of −7.3 points, with flights down 2%.
Flights arriving at PHX that month were on time 78.2% of the time (16,621 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 50%, air carrier 33% and national aviation system 14%.
- On time 78.4%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 21.2%
- Cancelled 0.2%
- Diverted 0.2%
October 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Oct 2025 | Oct 2024 | PHX, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 76.5% | 83.8% | 76.1% | 80.0% |
| Arrived on time | 78.4% | 84.2% | 77.4% | 79.1% |
| Cancelled | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.9% | 0.5% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 15.0 min | 10.3 min | 15.8 min | 13.9 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 554 | 566 | 542 | 20,195 |
| Scheduled departures | 16,620 | 16,978 | 197,642 | 605,844 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 6,015 | 36% | 74.3% | 8.9 min | 0.1% |
| AA American Airlines | 4,789 | 29% | 78.4% | 5.7 min | 0.3% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 1,715 | 10% | 83.4% | 1.9 min | 0.0% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 953 | 6% | 86.8% | -0.1 min | 0.4% |
| UA United Airlines | 887 | 5% | 80.0% | 3.2 min | 0.2% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 872 | 5% | 84.1% | 2.3 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 686 | 4% | 81.9% | 5.5 min | 0.1% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 508 | 3% | 81.3% | 2.7 min | 1.6% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 78 | 0% | 65.4% | 22.5 min | 1.3% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 51 | 0% | 76.5% | 25.8 min | 0.0% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 35 | 0% | 77.1% | -0.4 min | 0.0% |
| HA Hawaiian Airlines | 31 | 0% | 77.4% | 30.6 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PHX–DEN | Phoenix to Denver | 802 | 79.4% | 4.6 min | 0.1% |
| PHX–LAX | Phoenix to Los Angeles | 667 | 81.1% | 2.8 min | 0.1% |
| PHX–SEA | Phoenix to Seattle | 600 | 79.8% | 2.3 min | 0.5% |
| PHX–SAN | Phoenix to San Diego | 547 | 72.9% | 9.6 min | 0.9% |
| PHX–LAS | Phoenix to Las Vegas | 542 | 77.5% | 10.9 min | 0.0% |
| PHX–SLC | Phoenix to Salt Lake City | 476 | 83.0% | 0.9 min | 0.0% |
| PHX–ORD | Phoenix to Chicago | 440 | 78.2% | 3.1 min | 0.5% |
| PHX–DFW | Phoenix to Dallas/Fort Worth | 430 | 83.7% | 3.8 min | 1.4% |
| PHX–SFO | Phoenix to San Francisco | 366 | 71.0% | 10.7 min | 0.0% |
| PHX–SNA | Phoenix to Santa Ana | 354 | 79.1% | 5.2 min | 0.0% |
| PHX–ATL | Phoenix to Atlanta | 322 | 85.1% | 2.9 min | 0.3% |
| PHX–AUS | Phoenix to Austin | 308 | 73.1% | 9.5 min | 0.3% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left PHX on time in October 2025?
76.5% of 16,620 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 78.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.0% and 79.1%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In October 2024, 83.8% of 16,978 departures left on time and 0.2% were cancelled, against 76.5% and 0.2% in October 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for October 2025; 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.