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Airport month · October 2025
Palm Springs International in October 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 October 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 1,266 domestic departures from Palm Springs International (PSP). 82.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 82.1% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 80.0% of flights departed on time and 79.1% arrived on time, so PSP departures were 2.7 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in October 2024, the airport had 1,142 departures with 89.6% leaving on time: a change of −6.9 points, with flights up 11%.
Flights arriving at PSP that month were on time 80.6% of the time (1,266 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 43%, late-arriving aircraft 32% and national aviation system 23%.
- On time 82.1%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.2%
- Cancelled 0.5%
- Diverted 0.2%
October 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Oct 2025 | Oct 2024 | PSP, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 82.7% | 89.6% | 79.5% | 80.0% |
| Arrived on time | 82.1% | 87.3% | 78.5% | 79.1% |
| Cancelled | 0.5% | 0.0% | 1.3% | 0.5% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 13.8 min | 9.1 min | 16.7 min | 13.9 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 42 | 38 | 41 | 20,195 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,266 | 1,142 | 15,067 | 605,844 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 538 | 42% | 80.9% | 2.4 min | 0.0% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 209 | 17% | 85.6% | 0.4 min | 0.0% |
| AA American Airlines | 183 | 14% | 77.6% | 8.2 min | 1.6% |
| UA United Airlines | 129 | 10% | 89.1% | 2.9 min | 0.8% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 127 | 10% | 79.5% | 0.8 min | 1.6% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 26 | 2% | 88.5% | -3.7 min | 0.0% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 22 | 2% | 95.5% | -7.9 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 19 | 2% | 68.4% | 24.9 min | 0.0% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 13 | 1% | 84.6% | -4.7 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSP–SFO | Palm Springs to San Francisco | 234 | 67.5% | 14.8 min | 0.0% |
| PSP–DEN | Palm Springs to Denver | 196 | 88.3% | 0.0 min | 0.5% |
| PSP–SEA | Palm Springs to Seattle | 149 | 84.6% | -3.4 min | 0.7% |
| PSP–PHX | Palm Springs to Phoenix | 130 | 80.0% | 16.2 min | 0.0% |
| PSP–SLC | Palm Springs to Salt Lake City | 92 | 98.9% | -15.8 min | 0.0% |
| PSP–DFW | Palm Springs to Dallas/Fort Worth | 87 | 80.5% | 1.5 min | 3.4% |
| PSP–ORD | Palm Springs to Chicago | 81 | 84.0% | -5.1 min | 0.0% |
| PSP–LAS | Palm Springs to Las Vegas | 61 | 86.9% | -1.8 min | 0.0% |
| PSP–PDX | Palm Springs to Portland | 59 | 91.5% | -11.5 min | 1.7% |
| PSP–SMF | Palm Springs to Sacramento | 44 | 86.4% | 0.5 min | 0.0% |
| PSP–LAX | Palm Springs to Los Angeles | 35 | 74.3% | 7.5 min | 0.0% |
| PSP–OAK | Palm Springs to Oakland | 30 | 80.0% | 12.4 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left PSP on time in October 2025?
82.7% of 1,266 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 82.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.0% and 79.1%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In October 2024, 89.6% of 1,142 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 82.7% and 0.5% in October 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for October 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.