Palm Springs International in November 2023

86.8%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 November 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 1,258 domestic departures from Palm Springs International (PSP). 86.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 87.8% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 86.0% of flights departed on time and 86.2% arrived on time, so PSP departures were 0.8 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at PSP that month were on time 84.7% of the time (1,257 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 35%, air carrier 32% and national aviation system 17%.

On time 87.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 12.2%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Nov 2023	Year earlier	PSP, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2023
Departed on time	86.8%	—	79.5%	86.0%
Arrived on time	87.8%	—	78.5%	86.2%
Cancelled	0.0%	—	1.3%	0.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	10.3 min	—	16.7 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	42	—	41	18,793
Scheduled departures	1,258	—	15,067	563,777

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	462	37%	89.0%	-3.3 min	0.0%
WN Southwest Airlines	253	20%	88.5%	-0.1 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	149	12%	88.6%	-7.8 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	147	12%	90.5%	4.6 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	127	10%	85.0%	-0.2 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	56	4%	94.6%	-16.9 min	0.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways	29	2%	51.7%	23.2 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	24	2%	83.3%	-2.7 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	11	1%	72.7%	127.9 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
PSP–SFO	Palm Springs to San Francisco	213	82.6%	1.2 min	0.0%
PSP–SEA	Palm Springs to Seattle	154	87.7%	-3.0 min	0.0%
PSP–DEN	Palm Springs to Denver	124	88.7%	-7.0 min	0.0%
PSP–PHX	Palm Springs to Phoenix	118	93.2%	-3.0 min	0.0%
PSP–DFW	Palm Springs to Dallas/Fort Worth	90	93.3%	-6.6 min	0.0%
PSP–SLC	Palm Springs to Salt Lake City	85	95.3%	-10.5 min	0.0%
PSP–LAS	Palm Springs to Las Vegas	81	86.4%	5.7 min	0.0%
PSP–ORD	Palm Springs to Chicago	61	88.5%	14.9 min	0.0%
PSP–OAK	Palm Springs to Oakland	55	90.9%	-5.5 min	0.0%
PSP–SMF	Palm Springs to Sacramento	52	90.4%	0.3 min	0.0%
PSP–PDX	Palm Springs to Portland	45	88.9%	-4.5 min	0.0%
PSP–IAH	Palm Springs to Houston	30	83.3%	-5.9 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

100

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), November 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	32.3%	42.5%	3,663
Late-arriving aircraft	35.2%	37.3%	3,998
National Aviation System	16.7%	16.2%	1,894
Extreme weather	15.9%	3.7%	1,801
Security	0.0%	0.3%	0

11,356 delay minutes on 154 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 November 2023?

86.8% of 1,258 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 87.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 86.0% and 86.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

November 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 November 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.