Palm Springs International in September 2024

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 September 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 719 domestic departures from Palm Springs International (PSP). 86.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 84.4% reached their destination on time; 0.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.4% of flights departed on time and 83.9% arrived on time, so PSP departures were 1.8 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in September 2023, the airport had 752 departures with 85.6% leaving on time: a change of +0.6 points, with flights down 4%.

Flights arriving at PSP that month were on time 82.5% of the time (719 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 36%, national aviation system 31% and late-arriving aircraft 27%.

On time 84.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.4%
Cancelled 0.1%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Sep 2024	Sep 2023	PSP, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2024
Departed on time	86.2%	85.6%	79.5%	84.4%
Arrived on time	84.4%	86.6%	78.5%	83.9%
Cancelled	0.1%	0.3%	1.3%	0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	7.9 min	12.6 min	16.7 min	10.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	24	25	41	19,421
Scheduled departures	719	752	15,067	582,622

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	347	48%	82.7%	-0.1 min	0.3%
WN Southwest Airlines	111	15%	84.7%	-0.5 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	101	14%	87.1%	-5.7 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	100	14%	91.0%	-5.3 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	30	4%	66.7%	7.1 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	27	4%	92.6%	-2.8 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	3	0%	66.7%	74.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
PSP–SFO	Palm Springs to San Francisco	172	70.3%	9.6 min	0.0%
PSP–PHX	Palm Springs to Phoenix	134	93.3%	-5.9 min	0.0%
PSP–DEN	Palm Springs to Denver	125	91.2%	-10.1 min	0.0%
PSP–SLC	Palm Springs to Salt Lake City	79	93.7%	-9.7 min	1.3%
PSP–DFW	Palm Springs to Dallas/Fort Worth	60	93.3%	-7.4 min	0.0%
PSP–SEA	Palm Springs to Seattle	60	75.0%	6.9 min	0.0%
PSP–LAS	Palm Springs to Las Vegas	34	73.5%	11.1 min	0.0%
PSP–OAK	Palm Springs to Oakland	26	76.9%	2.5 min	0.0%
PSP–SMF	Palm Springs to Sacramento	21	100.0%	-10.6 min	0.0%
PSP–ORD	Palm Springs to Chicago	5	80.0%	-14.2 min	0.0%
PSP–MSP	Palm Springs to Minneapolis	3	66.7%	74.0 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), September 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	35.6%	38.6%	2,014
Late-arriving aircraft	27.2%	38.4%	1,537
National Aviation System	31.2%	18.2%	1,766
Extreme weather	6.0%	4.8%	339
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

5,656 delay minutes on 111 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 September 2024?

86.2% of 719 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 84.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.4% and 83.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In September 2023, 85.6% of 752 departures left on time and 0.3% were cancelled, against 86.2% and 0.1% in September 2024.

Provenance

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