Palm Springs International in August 2024

82.9%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 August 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 631 domestic departures from Palm Springs International (PSP). 82.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.5% reached their destination on time; 0.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.4% of flights departed on time and 74.7% arrived on time, so PSP departures were 7.5 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in August 2023, the airport had 684 departures with 81.3% leaving on time: a change of +1.6 points, with flights down 8%.

Flights arriving at PSP that month were on time 75.8% of the time (632 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 49%, national aviation system 27% and late-arriving aircraft 21%.

On time 80.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.9%
Cancelled 0.3%
Diverted 0.3%

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

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

Measure	Aug 2024	Aug 2023	PSP, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2024
Departed on time	82.9%	81.3%	79.5%	75.4%
Arrived on time	80.5%	81.1%	78.5%	74.7%
Cancelled	0.3%	3.4%	1.3%	2.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	11.7 min	13.5 min	16.7 min	18.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	21	23	41	20,634
Scheduled departures	631	684	15,067	619,025

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	353	56%	79.3%	7.5 min	0.3%
WN Southwest Airlines	120	19%	82.5%	-0.3 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	88	14%	83.0%	7.1 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	39	6%	94.9%	-9.9 min	2.6%
AS Alaska Airlines	31	5%	61.3%	12.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
PSP–SFO	Palm Springs to San Francisco	141	66.7%	10.3 min	0.7%
PSP–PHX	Palm Springs to Phoenix	109	85.3%	7.0 min	0.0%
PSP–DEN	Palm Springs to Denver	106	90.6%	1.8 min	0.0%
PSP–DFW	Palm Springs to Dallas/Fort Worth	62	85.5%	4.8 min	0.0%
PSP–SEA	Palm Springs to Seattle	62	71.0%	10.7 min	1.6%
PSP–SLC	Palm Springs to Salt Lake City	62	91.9%	-4.6 min	0.0%
PSP–LAS	Palm Springs to Las Vegas	36	66.7%	8.4 min	0.0%
PSP–OAK	Palm Springs to Oakland	28	82.1%	0.3 min	0.0%
PSP–SMF	Palm Springs to Sacramento	22	95.5%	-6.4 min	0.0%
PSP–SJC	Palm Springs to San Jose	3	100.0%	-4.3 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), August 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	48.7%	33.8%	3,605
Late-arriving aircraft	21.2%	39.8%	1,568
National Aviation System	26.8%	20.4%	1,985
Extreme weather	3.4%	5.9%	250
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

7,408 delay minutes on 119 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 August 2024?

82.9% of 631 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.4% and 74.7%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In August 2023, 81.3% of 684 departures left on time and 3.4% were cancelled, against 82.9% and 0.3% in August 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 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.