Palm Springs International in February 2026

79.4%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 February 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 1,492 domestic departures from Palm Springs International (PSP). 79.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.4% reached their destination on time; 0.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.1% of flights departed on time and 78.3% arrived on time, so PSP departures were 1.3 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2025, the airport had 1,443 departures with 80.0% leaving on time: a change of −0.6 points, with flights up 3%.

Flights arriving at PSP that month were on time 79.4% of the time (1,493 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 41%, late-arriving aircraft 33% and national aviation system 17%.

On time 80.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.6%
Cancelled 0.9%
Diverted 0.1%

Every scheduled departure from PSP in February 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

February 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Feb 2026	Feb 2025	PSP, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2026
Departed on time	79.4%	80.0%	79.5%	78.1%
Arrived on time	80.4%	79.8%	78.5%	78.3%
Cancelled	0.9%	0.6%	1.3%	2.3%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	20.5 min	14.6 min	16.7 min	15.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	50	48	41	17,168
Scheduled departures	1,492	1,443	15,067	515,037

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	400	27%	77.5%	8.2 min	0.3%
AS Alaska Airlines	245	16%	83.3%	-2.8 min	2.4%
WN Southwest Airlines	243	16%	86.0%	2.4 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	225	15%	77.8%	19.3 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	223	15%	78.9%	7.2 min	1.8%
DL Delta Air Lines	142	10%	78.9%	23.2 min	1.4%
G4 Allegiant Air	12	1%	91.7%	-6.2 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	2	0%	100.0%	-10.5 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
PSP–SFO	Palm Springs to San Francisco	204	68.1%	12.1 min	0.5%
PSP–DEN	Palm Springs to Denver	185	81.6%	10.3 min	1.1%
PSP–SEA	Palm Springs to Seattle	166	83.1%	3.4 min	1.8%
PSP–PHX	Palm Springs to Phoenix	107	86.0%	1.8 min	0.0%
PSP–ORD	Palm Springs to Chicago	104	78.8%	20.9 min	0.0%
PSP–DFW	Palm Springs to Dallas/Fort Worth	101	78.2%	19.0 min	0.0%
PSP–SLC	Palm Springs to Salt Lake City	84	78.6%	26.6 min	0.0%
PSP–PDX	Palm Springs to Portland	79	92.4%	-6.8 min	1.3%
PSP–LAS	Palm Springs to Las Vegas	66	86.4%	2.3 min	0.0%
PSP–MSP	Palm Springs to Minneapolis	52	86.5%	-12.4 min	1.9%
PSP–SMF	Palm Springs to Sacramento	52	80.8%	6.6 min	0.0%
PSP–LAX	Palm Springs to Los Angeles	47	91.5%	-7.1 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), February 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	41.1%	38.2%	11,220
Late-arriving aircraft	32.9%	37.2%	8,998
National Aviation System	17.4%	18.5%	4,750
Extreme weather	8.6%	6.0%	2,347
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

27,315 delay minutes on 278 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 February 2026?

79.4% of 1,492 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.1% and 78.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2025, 80.0% of 1,443 departures left on time and 0.6% were cancelled, against 79.4% and 0.9% in February 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for February 2026; 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.