Palm Springs International in July 2025

79.0%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 July 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 719 domestic departures from Palm Springs International (PSP). 79.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 78.7% reached their destination on time; 0.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 69.7% of flights departed on time and 69.0% arrived on time, so PSP departures were 9.3 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in July 2024, the airport had 604 departures with 81.1% leaving on time: a change of −2.1 points, with flights up 19%.

Flights arriving at PSP that month were on time 73.3% of the time (719 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 41%, national aviation system 30% and late-arriving aircraft 25%.

On time 78.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.9%
Cancelled 0.8%
Diverted 0.6%

Every scheduled departure from PSP in July 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

July 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jul 2025	Jul 2024	PSP, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jul 2025
Departed on time	79.0%	81.1%	79.5%	69.7%
Arrived on time	78.7%	79.8%	78.5%	69.0%
Cancelled	0.8%	1.0%	1.3%	2.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	16.9 min	13.9 min	16.7 min	24.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	24	20	41	21,048
Scheduled departures	719	604	15,067	631,428

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	400	56%	82.0%	4.5 min	0.3%
WN Southwest Airlines	127	18%	86.6%	4.2 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	123	17%	67.5%	18.7 min	2.4%
AS Alaska Airlines	31	4%	77.4%	-5.0 min	6.5%
UA United Airlines	31	4%	48.4%	39.3 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	7	1%	85.7%	-6.9 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
PSP–SFO	Palm Springs to San Francisco	154	70.1%	10.5 min	0.0%
PSP–PHX	Palm Springs to Phoenix	122	71.3%	20.8 min	1.6%
PSP–DEN	Palm Springs to Denver	100	71.0%	16.3 min	0.0%
PSP–SLC	Palm Springs to Salt Lake City	92	98.9%	-11.6 min	0.0%
PSP–DFW	Palm Springs to Dallas/Fort Worth	62	66.1%	22.4 min	3.2%
PSP–SEA	Palm Springs to Seattle	62	80.6%	3.7 min	3.2%
PSP–LAS	Palm Springs to Las Vegas	48	87.5%	5.5 min	0.0%
PSP–PDX	Palm Springs to Portland	31	96.8%	-22.2 min	0.0%
PSP–OAK	Palm Springs to Oakland	27	92.6%	-1.9 min	0.0%
PSP–SMF	Palm Springs to Sacramento	21	100.0%	-12.1 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), July 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jul 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	41.1%	31.1%	4,652
Late-arriving aircraft	25.4%	40.8%	2,874
National Aviation System	30.4%	20.7%	3,436
Extreme weather	3.2%	7.3%	357
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

11,319 delay minutes on 143 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 July 2025?

79.0% of 719 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 78.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 69.7% and 69.0%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In July 2024, 81.1% of 604 departures left on time and 1.0% were cancelled, against 79.0% and 0.8% in July 2025.

Provenance

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