Palm Springs International in July 2024

81.1%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 July 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 604 domestic departures from Palm Springs International (PSP). 81.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 79.8% reached their destination on time; 1.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 68.5% of flights departed on time and 68.1% arrived on time, so PSP departures were 12.6 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at PSP that month were on time 77.8% of the time (604 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 38%, air carrier 37% and national aviation system 25%.

On time 79.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.9%
Cancelled 1.0%
Diverted 0.3%

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

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

Measure	Jul 2024	Year earlier	PSP, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jul 2024
Departed on time	81.1%	—	79.5%	68.5%
Arrived on time	79.8%	—	78.5%	68.1%
Cancelled	1.0%	—	1.3%	2.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	13.9 min	—	16.7 min	24.9 min
Scheduled departures a day	20	—	41	21,154
Scheduled departures	604	—	15,067	634,613

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	372	62%	79.3%	6.8 min	1.3%
WN Southwest Airlines	140	23%	82.1%	5.6 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	62	10%	80.6%	16.8 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	30	5%	73.3%	3.3 min	3.3%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
PSP–SFO	Palm Springs to San Francisco	124	65.3%	15.9 min	1.6%
PSP–DEN	Palm Springs to Denver	93	87.1%	-0.6 min	1.1%
PSP–PHX	Palm Springs to Phoenix	93	87.1%	0.2 min	2.2%
PSP–DFW	Palm Springs to Dallas/Fort Worth	62	80.6%	16.8 min	0.0%
PSP–SLC	Palm Springs to Salt Lake City	62	88.7%	0.8 min	0.0%
PSP–SEA	Palm Springs to Seattle	61	78.7%	5.6 min	1.6%
PSP–LAS	Palm Springs to Las Vegas	43	76.7%	5.6 min	0.0%
PSP–OAK	Palm Springs to Oakland	35	80.0%	10.0 min	0.0%
PSP–SMF	Palm Springs to Sacramento	16	93.8%	2.3 min	0.0%
PSP–SJC	Palm Springs to San Jose	15	66.7%	28.7 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), July 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jul 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	36.5%	36.6%	2,925
Late-arriving aircraft	38.2%	42.7%	3,061
National Aviation System	24.6%	16.0%	1,973
Extreme weather	0.8%	4.6%	63
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

8,022 delay minutes on 114 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 July 2024?

81.1% of 604 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 79.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 68.5% and 68.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

July 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 July 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.