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Airport month · May 2025
Palm Springs International in May 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 May 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 1,257 domestic departures from Palm Springs International (PSP). 83.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.4% reached their destination on time; 0.6% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 75.4% arrived on time, so PSP departures were 6.4 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in May 2024, the airport had 1,152 departures with 79.7% leaving on time: a change of +3.4 points, with flights up 9%.
Flights arriving at PSP that month were on time 80.1% of the time (1,251 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 36%, national aviation system 32% and late-arriving aircraft 28%.
- On time 80.4%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.8%
- Cancelled 0.6%
- Diverted 0.2%
May 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | May 2025 | May 2024 | PSP, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, May 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 83.1% | 79.7% | 79.5% | 76.7% |
| Arrived on time | 80.4% | 78.2% | 78.5% | 75.4% |
| Cancelled | 0.6% | 1.0% | 1.3% | 1.0% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 13.5 min | 15.2 min | 16.7 min | 17.5 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 42 | 38 | 41 | 20,188 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,257 | 1,152 | 15,067 | 605,648 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 522 | 42% | 80.3% | 3.3 min | 0.8% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 278 | 22% | 79.9% | 8.2 min | 0.4% |
| AA American Airlines | 147 | 12% | 81.6% | 13.3 min | 1.4% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 133 | 11% | 81.2% | 1.3 min | 0.0% |
| UA United Airlines | 116 | 9% | 79.3% | 12.1 min | 0.0% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 24 | 2% | 66.7% | 43.5 min | 0.0% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 20 | 2% | 100.0% | -9.1 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 9 | 1% | 88.9% | -16.9 min | 0.0% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 8 | 1% | 75.0% | -6.1 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSP–SFO | Palm Springs to San Francisco | 227 | 75.3% | 6.4 min | 0.4% |
| PSP–DEN | Palm Springs to Denver | 170 | 62.4% | 23.7 min | 1.2% |
| PSP–PHX | Palm Springs to Phoenix | 161 | 88.8% | -1.0 min | 0.0% |
| PSP–SEA | Palm Springs to Seattle | 128 | 78.1% | 3.4 min | 0.0% |
| PSP–SLC | Palm Springs to Salt Lake City | 93 | 94.6% | 2.4 min | 0.0% |
| PSP–LAS | Palm Springs to Las Vegas | 76 | 89.5% | -0.8 min | 0.0% |
| PSP–DFW | Palm Springs to Dallas/Fort Worth | 70 | 71.4% | 31.4 min | 2.9% |
| PSP–OAK | Palm Springs to Oakland | 70 | 75.7% | 12.3 min | 1.4% |
| PSP–PDX | Palm Springs to Portland | 59 | 96.6% | -13.2 min | 1.7% |
| PSP–ORD | Palm Springs to Chicago | 55 | 90.9% | -2.6 min | 0.0% |
| PSP–SMF | Palm Springs to Sacramento | 48 | 87.5% | 3.2 min | 0.0% |
| PSP–SJC | Palm Springs to San Jose | 31 | 93.5% | -5.2 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left PSP on time in May 2025?
83.1% of 1,257 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 75.4%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In May 2024, 79.7% of 1,152 departures left on time and 1.0% were cancelled, against 83.1% and 0.6% in May 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for May 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.