Palm Springs International in December 2023

86.2%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 December 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 1,372 domestic departures from Palm Springs International (PSP). 86.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 84.8% reached their destination on time; 0.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 83.8% arrived on time, so PSP departures were 3.1 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at PSP that month were on time 84.9% of the time (1,373 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 37%, late-arriving aircraft 32% and national aviation system 23%.

On time 84.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 14.9%
Cancelled 0.1%
Diverted 0.3%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2023	Year earlier	PSP, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2023
Departed on time	86.2%	—	79.5%	83.1%
Arrived on time	84.8%	—	78.5%	83.8%
Cancelled	0.1%	—	1.3%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	10.8 min	—	16.7 min	11.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	46	—	41	19,013
Scheduled departures	1,372	—	15,067	570,394

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	449	33%	84.6%	-0.3 min	0.0%
WN Southwest Airlines	267	19%	90.6%	-2.9 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	164	12%	89.0%	-2.2 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	164	12%	80.5%	3.1 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	157	11%	74.5%	7.2 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	100	7%	94.0%	-11.0 min	0.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways	31	2%	58.1%	20.0 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	31	2%	87.1%	-4.8 min	3.2%
G4 Allegiant Air	9	1%	77.8%	91.8 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
PSP–SFO	Palm Springs to San Francisco	219	71.7%	9.5 min	0.0%
PSP–SEA	Palm Springs to Seattle	180	83.9%	-1.1 min	0.0%
PSP–DEN	Palm Springs to Denver	132	87.1%	-2.2 min	0.0%
PSP–PHX	Palm Springs to Phoenix	111	87.4%	2.5 min	0.0%
PSP–DFW	Palm Springs to Dallas/Fort Worth	97	90.7%	-2.6 min	0.0%
PSP–SLC	Palm Springs to Salt Lake City	89	97.8%	-13.6 min	0.0%
PSP–LAS	Palm Springs to Las Vegas	83	86.7%	-0.8 min	0.0%
PSP–ORD	Palm Springs to Chicago	62	88.7%	-3.9 min	0.0%
PSP–OAK	Palm Springs to Oakland	57	89.5%	-1.1 min	0.0%
PSP–SMF	Palm Springs to Sacramento	57	96.5%	-3.1 min	0.0%
PSP–PDX	Palm Springs to Portland	51	86.3%	0.8 min	0.0%
PSP–JFK	Palm Springs to New York	49	51.0%	22.6 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), December 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	36.5%	37.1%	5,166
Late-arriving aircraft	31.6%	38.8%	4,479
National Aviation System	23.1%	17.6%	3,270
Extreme weather	8.8%	6.2%	1,240
Security	0.0%	0.3%	0

14,155 delay minutes on 204 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 December 2023?

86.2% of 1,372 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 84.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 83.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

December 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 December 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.