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Airport month · October 2024
Palm Springs International in October 2024
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 October 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,142 domestic departures from Palm Springs International (PSP). 89.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 87.3% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 85.5% of flights departed on time and 85.8% arrived on time, so PSP departures were 4.1 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in October 2023, the airport had 1,068 departures with 87.2% leaving on time: a change of +2.4 points, with flights up 7%.
Flights arriving at PSP that month were on time 84.5% of the time (1,145 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 57%, late-arriving aircraft 21% and national aviation system 15%.
- On time 87.3%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 12.6%
- Cancelled 0.0%
- Diverted 0.1%
October 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Oct 2024 | Oct 2023 | PSP, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Oct 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 89.6% | 87.2% | 79.5% | 85.5% |
| Arrived on time | 87.3% | 88.0% | 78.5% | 85.8% |
| Cancelled | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1.3% | 1.0% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 9.1 min | 9.3 min | 16.7 min | 9.4 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 38 | 36 | 41 | 20,517 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,142 | 1,068 | 15,067 | 615,497 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 472 | 41% | 83.1% | 3.3 min | 0.0% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 187 | 16% | 93.0% | -4.2 min | 0.0% |
| UA United Airlines | 173 | 15% | 89.0% | -5.0 min | 0.0% |
| AA American Airlines | 144 | 13% | 89.6% | 5.5 min | 0.0% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 122 | 11% | 88.5% | -3.5 min | 0.0% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 26 | 2% | 96.2% | -4.0 min | 0.0% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 12 | 1% | 75.0% | 14.7 min | 0.0% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 6 | 1% | 100.0% | -6.0 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSP–SFO | Palm Springs to San Francisco | 219 | 78.1% | 3.9 min | 0.0% |
| PSP–DEN | Palm Springs to Denver | 171 | 93.0% | -9.0 min | 0.0% |
| PSP–SEA | Palm Springs to Seattle | 151 | 87.4% | -2.8 min | 0.0% |
| PSP–PHX | Palm Springs to Phoenix | 124 | 85.5% | 9.2 min | 0.0% |
| PSP–SLC | Palm Springs to Salt Lake City | 88 | 93.2% | -0.8 min | 0.0% |
| PSP–DFW | Palm Springs to Dallas/Fort Worth | 86 | 91.9% | 6.2 min | 0.0% |
| PSP–LAS | Palm Springs to Las Vegas | 60 | 91.7% | -1.6 min | 0.0% |
| PSP–ORD | Palm Springs to Chicago | 56 | 82.1% | -2.0 min | 0.0% |
| PSP–PDX | Palm Springs to Portland | 54 | 81.5% | 11.4 min | 0.0% |
| PSP–OAK | Palm Springs to Oakland | 39 | 92.3% | -6.1 min | 0.0% |
| PSP–SMF | Palm Springs to Sacramento | 29 | 100.0% | -5.8 min | 0.0% |
| PSP–MSP | Palm Springs to Minneapolis | 26 | 96.2% | -4.0 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left PSP on time in October 2024?
89.6% of 1,142 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 87.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.5% and 85.8%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In October 2023, 87.2% of 1,068 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 89.6% and 0.0% in October 2024.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for October 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.