Palm Springs International in May 2024

79.7%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 May 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,152 domestic departures from Palm Springs International (PSP). 79.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 78.2% reached their destination on time; 1.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 73.4% of flights departed on time and 72.3% arrived on time, so PSP departures were 6.3 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at PSP that month were on time 77.4% of the time (1,148 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 46%, national aviation system 26% and air carrier 23%.

On time 78.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 20.2%
Cancelled 1.0%
Diverted 0.6%

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

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

Measure	May 2024	Year earlier	PSP, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, May 2024
Departed on time	79.7%	—	79.5%	73.4%
Arrived on time	78.2%	—	78.5%	72.3%
Cancelled	1.0%	—	1.3%	1.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	15.2 min	—	16.7 min	20.8 min
Scheduled departures a day	38	—	41	20,325
Scheduled departures	1,152	—	15,067	609,743

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	438	38%	79.9%	3.3 min	0.2%
WN Southwest Airlines	307	27%	81.1%	0.7 min	0.3%
AA American Airlines	188	16%	68.6%	23.2 min	4.8%
AS Alaska Airlines	103	9%	80.6%	8.1 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	97	8%	77.3%	12.2 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	12	1%	83.3%	18.3 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	5	0%	60.0%	16.8 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	2	0%	100.0%	-0.5 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
PSP–SFO	Palm Springs to San Francisco	170	58.2%	21.6 min	0.6%
PSP–DEN	Palm Springs to Denver	164	83.5%	-2.9 min	0.0%
PSP–PHX	Palm Springs to Phoenix	153	92.2%	-1.3 min	0.0%
PSP–SEA	Palm Springs to Seattle	118	78.0%	9.5 min	0.0%
PSP–DFW	Palm Springs to Dallas/Fort Worth	93	62.4%	34.0 min	9.7%
PSP–LAS	Palm Springs to Las Vegas	76	77.6%	6.0 min	0.0%
PSP–OAK	Palm Springs to Oakland	71	83.1%	-3.9 min	0.0%
PSP–SLC	Palm Springs to Salt Lake City	68	92.6%	-2.6 min	0.0%
PSP–ORD	Palm Springs to Chicago	58	65.5%	23.5 min	0.0%
PSP–SMF	Palm Springs to Sacramento	48	83.3%	-1.6 min	0.0%
PSP–PDX	Palm Springs to Portland	38	94.7%	-7.7 min	0.0%
PSP–SJC	Palm Springs to San Jose	31	87.1%	-1.5 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), May 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, May 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	23.2%	29.8%	3,765
Late-arriving aircraft	46.4%	43.0%	7,538
National Aviation System	25.7%	20.1%	4,182
Extreme weather	4.7%	7.0%	771
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

16,256 delay minutes on 233 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 May 2024?

79.7% of 1,152 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 78.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 73.4% and 72.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

May 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 May 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.