Palm Springs International in February 2024

78.5%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 February 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,428 domestic departures from Palm Springs International (PSP). 78.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 79.3% reached their destination on time; 1.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.0% of flights departed on time and 83.4% arrived on time, so PSP departures were 5.5 points below the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at PSP that month were on time 80.2% of the time (1,429 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 40%, national aviation system 32% and late-arriving aircraft 22%.

On time 79.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.3%
Cancelled 1.2%
Diverted 0.2%

Every scheduled departure from PSP in February 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

February 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Feb 2024	Year earlier	PSP, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2024
Departed on time	78.5%	—	79.5%	84.0%
Arrived on time	79.3%	—	78.5%	83.4%
Cancelled	1.2%	—	1.3%	0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	16.2 min	—	16.7 min	11.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	48	—	41	17,307
Scheduled departures	1,428	—	15,067	519,221

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	465	33%	69.9%	15.7 min	2.4%
WN Southwest Airlines	262	18%	83.6%	3.1 min	0.8%
AS Alaska Airlines	191	13%	83.8%	-0.9 min	0.5%
AA American Airlines	183	13%	90.7%	4.6 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	160	11%	78.1%	13.0 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	122	9%	88.5%	-8.1 min	0.8%
MQ Envoy Air	17	1%	70.6%	3.9 min	11.8%
B6 JetBlue Airways	15	1%	53.3%	10.5 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	13	1%	69.2%	8.2 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
PSP–SFO	Palm Springs to San Francisco	229	44.1%	38.8 min	4.4%
PSP–SEA	Palm Springs to Seattle	199	87.4%	-5.4 min	0.0%
PSP–DEN	Palm Springs to Denver	145	83.4%	8.8 min	0.7%
PSP–PHX	Palm Springs to Phoenix	139	88.5%	9.7 min	0.0%
PSP–DFW	Palm Springs to Dallas/Fort Worth	102	95.1%	-6.3 min	0.0%
PSP–SLC	Palm Springs to Salt Lake City	87	89.7%	4.0 min	0.0%
PSP–PDX	Palm Springs to Portland	71	87.3%	-1.8 min	0.0%
PSP–LAS	Palm Springs to Las Vegas	58	77.6%	8.8 min	1.7%
PSP–ORD	Palm Springs to Chicago	58	91.4%	-10.5 min	0.0%
PSP–MSP	Palm Springs to Minneapolis	50	82.0%	-5.0 min	2.0%
PSP–OAK	Palm Springs to Oakland	50	82.0%	6.1 min	0.0%
PSP–SMF	Palm Springs to Sacramento	42	83.3%	8.9 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), February 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	40.0%	35.9%	8,564
Late-arriving aircraft	22.1%	36.9%	4,736
National Aviation System	32.3%	21.7%	6,922
Extreme weather	3.4%	5.3%	723
Security	2.2%	0.3%	474

21,419 delay minutes on 276 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 February 2024?

78.5% of 1,428 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 79.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.0% and 83.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

February 2023 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 February 2024; 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.