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Airport month · December 2024
Palm Springs International in December 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 December 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,399 domestic departures from Palm Springs International (PSP). 83.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 82.1% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 77.8% of flights departed on time and 78.1% arrived on time, so PSP departures were 6.1 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in December 2023, the airport had 1,372 departures with 86.2% leaving on time: a change of −2.3 points, with flights up 2%.
Flights arriving at PSP that month were on time 81.3% of the time (1,400 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 46%, late-arriving aircraft 34% and national aviation system 18%.
- On time 82.1%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.1%
- Cancelled 0.5%
- Diverted 0.3%
December 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Dec 2024 | Dec 2023 | PSP, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 83.9% | 86.2% | 79.5% | 77.8% |
| Arrived on time | 82.1% | 84.8% | 78.5% | 78.1% |
| Cancelled | 0.5% | 0.1% | 1.3% | 0.7% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 12.8 min | 10.8 min | 16.7 min | 16.6 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 47 | 46 | 41 | 19,686 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,399 | 1,372 | 15,067 | 590,581 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 546 | 39% | 83.0% | 0.5 min | 0.4% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 206 | 15% | 87.4% | 0.2 min | 0.0% |
| UA United Airlines | 188 | 13% | 84.6% | 0.1 min | 0.5% |
| AA American Airlines | 182 | 13% | 78.6% | 23.4 min | 2.2% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 153 | 11% | 75.2% | 2.7 min | 0.0% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 88 | 6% | 81.8% | -4.1 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 20 | 1% | 80.0% | 10.8 min | 0.0% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 16 | 1% | 68.8% | 8.9 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSP–SFO | Palm Springs to San Francisco | 222 | 72.5% | 10.1 min | 0.5% |
| PSP–DEN | Palm Springs to Denver | 204 | 86.8% | -0.5 min | 0.0% |
| PSP–PHX | Palm Springs to Phoenix | 158 | 89.2% | 0.9 min | 0.0% |
| PSP–SEA | Palm Springs to Seattle | 155 | 83.9% | -3.6 min | 0.0% |
| PSP–DFW | Palm Springs to Dallas/Fort Worth | 97 | 76.3% | 28.7 min | 4.1% |
| PSP–SLC | Palm Springs to Salt Lake City | 88 | 89.8% | -13.9 min | 0.0% |
| PSP–ORD | Palm Springs to Chicago | 77 | 81.8% | 14.2 min | 1.3% |
| PSP–PDX | Palm Springs to Portland | 72 | 87.5% | -7.3 min | 0.0% |
| PSP–LAS | Palm Springs to Las Vegas | 70 | 82.9% | 4.5 min | 0.0% |
| PSP–OAK | Palm Springs to Oakland | 46 | 95.7% | -7.7 min | 0.0% |
| PSP–MSP | Palm Springs to Minneapolis | 42 | 78.6% | 1.5 min | 0.0% |
| PSP–JFK | Palm Springs to New York | 33 | 48.5% | 19.0 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left PSP on time in December 2024?
83.9% of 1,399 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 82.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.8% and 78.1%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In December 2023, 86.2% of 1,372 departures left on time and 0.1% were cancelled, against 83.9% and 0.5% in December 2024.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for December 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.