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Airport month · March 2025
Palm Springs International in March 2025
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 March 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 1,826 domestic departures from Palm Springs International (PSP). 79.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 78.1% reached their destination on time; 0.4% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 79.9% of flights departed on time and 79.3% arrived on time, so PSP departures were level with the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in March 2024, the airport had 1,725 departures with 76.5% leaving on time: a change of +3.0 points, with flights up 6%.
Flights arriving at PSP that month were on time 79.6% of the time (1,827 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 38%, air carrier 30% and national aviation system 29%.
- On time 78.1%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 21.0%
- Cancelled 0.4%
- Diverted 0.4%
March 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Mar 2025 | Mar 2024 | PSP, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 79.5% | 76.5% | 79.5% | 79.9% |
| Arrived on time | 78.1% | 75.1% | 78.5% | 79.3% |
| Cancelled | 0.4% | 0.9% | 1.3% | 1.2% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 14.1 min | 17.2 min | 16.7 min | 14.9 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 61 | 58 | 41 | 20,029 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,826 | 1,725 | 15,067 | 600,872 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 526 | 29% | 75.1% | 14.2 min | 0.6% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 343 | 19% | 77.8% | 4.0 min | 0.3% |
| UA United Airlines | 287 | 16% | 83.3% | -1.3 min | 0.3% |
| AA American Airlines | 248 | 14% | 76.6% | 9.0 min | 0.8% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 224 | 12% | 81.7% | 3.6 min | 0.0% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 139 | 8% | 73.4% | 3.1 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 36 | 2% | 83.3% | 1.5 min | 2.8% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 23 | 1% | 91.3% | -7.0 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSP–SFO | Palm Springs to San Francisco | 279 | 69.5% | 19.4 min | 1.1% |
| PSP–DEN | Palm Springs to Denver | 236 | 82.6% | 0.3 min | 0.0% |
| PSP–SEA | Palm Springs to Seattle | 197 | 84.3% | 2.6 min | 0.0% |
| PSP–PHX | Palm Springs to Phoenix | 162 | 71.6% | 10.7 min | 1.2% |
| PSP–DFW | Palm Springs to Dallas/Fort Worth | 123 | 73.2% | 15.8 min | 0.8% |
| PSP–PDX | Palm Springs to Portland | 93 | 84.9% | 4.2 min | 0.0% |
| PSP–SLC | Palm Springs to Salt Lake City | 93 | 90.3% | -4.5 min | 0.0% |
| PSP–ORD | Palm Springs to Chicago | 91 | 79.1% | 4.1 min | 0.0% |
| PSP–OAK | Palm Springs to Oakland | 81 | 86.4% | -4.1 min | 1.2% |
| PSP–LAS | Palm Springs to Las Vegas | 75 | 78.7% | 4.1 min | 0.0% |
| PSP–MSP | Palm Springs to Minneapolis | 61 | 65.6% | 11.6 min | 0.0% |
| PSP–SMF | Palm Springs to Sacramento | 59 | 74.6% | 7.6 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left PSP on time in March 2025?
79.5% of 1,826 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 78.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.9% and 79.3%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In March 2024, 76.5% of 1,725 departures left on time and 0.9% were cancelled, against 79.5% and 0.4% in March 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for March 2025; 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.