Palm Springs International in August 2023

81.3%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 August 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 684 domestic departures from Palm Springs International (PSP). 81.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.1% reached their destination on time; 3.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 76.9% arrived on time, so PSP departures were 4.6 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at PSP that month were on time 80.1% of the time (684 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 50%, late-arriving aircraft 31% and national aviation system 17%.

On time 81.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 14.8%
Cancelled 3.4%
Diverted 0.7%

Every scheduled departure from PSP in August 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

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

Measure	Aug 2023	Year earlier	PSP, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2023
Departed on time	81.3%	—	79.5%	76.7%
Arrived on time	81.1%	—	78.5%	76.9%
Cancelled	3.4%	—	1.3%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	13.5 min	—	16.7 min	17.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	23	—	41	20,100
Scheduled departures	684	—	15,067	602,987

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	369	54%	82.9%	1.3 min	2.4%
WN Southwest Airlines	180	26%	72.8%	6.4 min	6.1%
AA American Airlines	97	14%	87.6%	0.6 min	3.1%
AS Alaska Airlines	25	4%	84.0%	-1.8 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	13	2%	92.3%	-11.2 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
PSP–SFO	Palm Springs to San Francisco	170	78.8%	5.3 min	3.5%
PSP–DEN	Palm Springs to Denver	93	75.3%	5.8 min	4.3%
PSP–PHX	Palm Springs to Phoenix	92	85.9%	7.2 min	2.2%
PSP–DFW	Palm Springs to Dallas/Fort Worth	62	90.3%	-11.6 min	1.6%
PSP–SLC	Palm Springs to Salt Lake City	62	96.8%	-15.5 min	0.0%
PSP–LAS	Palm Springs to Las Vegas	56	75.0%	4.5 min	5.4%
PSP–SEA	Palm Springs to Seattle	56	76.8%	13.4 min	1.8%
PSP–OAK	Palm Springs to Oakland	31	58.1%	11.3 min	6.5%
PSP–SJC	Palm Springs to San Jose	31	83.9%	-6.2 min	6.5%
PSP–SMF	Palm Springs to Sacramento	31	87.1%	-3.9 min	6.5%

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), August 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	49.5%	36.7%	4,063
Late-arriving aircraft	30.8%	42.2%	2,529
National Aviation System	17.1%	15.7%	1,401
Extreme weather	2.6%	5.1%	216
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

8,209 delay minutes on 101 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 PSP on time in August 2023?

81.3% of 684 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 76.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

August 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 August 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for PSP · methodology · corrections.