Palm Springs International in October 2023

87.2%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 October 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 1,068 domestic departures from Palm Springs International (PSP). 87.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 88.0% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.8% of flights departed on time and 84.0% arrived on time, so PSP departures were 3.4 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at PSP that month were on time 84.5% of the time (1,069 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 53%, late-arriving aircraft 33% and national aviation system 11%.

On time 88.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 11.9%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2023	Year earlier	PSP, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2023
Departed on time	87.2%	—	79.5%	83.8%
Arrived on time	88.0%	—	78.5%	84.0%
Cancelled	0.0%	—	1.3%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	9.3 min	—	16.7 min	11.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	36	—	41	19,966
Scheduled departures	1,068	—	15,067	598,968

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	423	40%	90.1%	-3.4 min	0.0%
WN Southwest Airlines	213	20%	81.7%	2.1 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	127	12%	92.1%	-2.0 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	120	11%	88.3%	-4.8 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	118	11%	86.4%	-1.8 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	32	3%	93.8%	-13.9 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	20	2%	95.0%	-10.0 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	12	1%	83.3%	-7.4 min	0.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways	3	0%	33.3%	56.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
PSP–SFO	Palm Springs to San Francisco	208	90.9%	-7.9 min	0.0%
PSP–SEA	Palm Springs to Seattle	129	87.6%	-3.5 min	0.0%
PSP–DEN	Palm Springs to Denver	128	82.8%	4.2 min	0.0%
PSP–PHX	Palm Springs to Phoenix	118	87.3%	5.3 min	0.0%
PSP–SLC	Palm Springs to Salt Lake City	88	96.6%	-8.0 min	0.0%
PSP–DFW	Palm Springs to Dallas/Fort Worth	87	92.0%	-4.5 min	0.0%
PSP–LAS	Palm Springs to Las Vegas	73	84.9%	1.2 min	0.0%
PSP–ORD	Palm Springs to Chicago	58	79.3%	3.3 min	0.0%
PSP–OAK	Palm Springs to Oakland	43	86.0%	-0.8 min	0.0%
PSP–PDX	Palm Springs to Portland	31	90.3%	-8.6 min	0.0%
PSP–SJC	Palm Springs to San Jose	31	83.9%	-5.9 min	0.0%
PSP–SMF	Palm Springs to Sacramento	31	87.1%	-1.8 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 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	52.8%	41.3%	4,516
Late-arriving aircraft	33.1%	40.5%	2,834
National Aviation System	10.7%	14.4%	920
Extreme weather	3.4%	3.7%	290
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

8,560 delay minutes on 127 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 October 2023?

87.2% of 1,068 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 88.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.8% and 84.0%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

October 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 October 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.