Palm Springs International in March 2026

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 March 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 1,826 domestic departures from Palm Springs International (PSP). 79.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 76.9% reached their destination on time; 1.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 72.8% of flights departed on time and 73.2% arrived on time, so PSP departures were 6.2 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in March 2025, the airport had 1,826 departures with 79.5% leaving on time: a change of −0.5 points, with flights up 0%.

Flights arriving at PSP that month were on time 81.1% of the time (1,826 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 37%, late-arriving aircraft 35% and national aviation system 26%.

On time 76.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 21.3%
Cancelled 1.2%
Diverted 0.5%

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

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

Measure	Mar 2026	Mar 2025	PSP, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2026
Departed on time	79.0%	79.5%	79.5%	72.8%
Arrived on time	76.9%	78.1%	78.5%	73.2%
Cancelled	1.2%	0.4%	1.3%	2.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	15.9 min	14.1 min	16.7 min	20.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	61	61	41	20,403
Scheduled departures	1,826	1,826	15,067	612,102

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	517	28%	84.1%	0.5 min	0.4%
WN Southwest Airlines	323	18%	79.3%	3.8 min	0.6%
AS Alaska Airlines	303	17%	82.8%	3.0 min	1.7%
UA United Airlines	269	15%	68.0%	22.6 min	0.4%
AA American Airlines	252	14%	66.3%	23.2 min	1.6%
DL Delta Air Lines	138	8%	65.2%	8.2 min	5.8%
G4 Allegiant Air	19	1%	94.7%	-3.2 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	5	0%	100.0%	-10.8 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
PSP–SFO	Palm Springs to San Francisco	245	81.6%	-0.1 min	0.0%
PSP–DEN	Palm Springs to Denver	223	74.0%	9.5 min	0.9%
PSP–SEA	Palm Springs to Seattle	198	81.8%	1.8 min	1.5%
PSP–ORD	Palm Springs to Chicago	130	52.3%	39.1 min	2.3%
PSP–PHX	Palm Springs to Phoenix	127	78.7%	9.1 min	0.0%
PSP–DFW	Palm Springs to Dallas/Fort Worth	124	73.4%	21.0 min	0.8%
PSP–PDX	Palm Springs to Portland	117	91.5%	-0.7 min	1.7%
PSP–SLC	Palm Springs to Salt Lake City	93	88.2%	-2.6 min	0.0%
PSP–OAK	Palm Springs to Oakland	76	90.8%	-5.9 min	0.0%
PSP–LAS	Palm Springs to Las Vegas	74	73.0%	13.8 min	1.4%
PSP–SMF	Palm Springs to Sacramento	62	93.5%	-7.0 min	0.0%
PSP–MSP	Palm Springs to Minneapolis	61	70.5%	0.9 min	6.6%

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), March 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	37.2%	33.5%	10,494
Late-arriving aircraft	34.5%	39.3%	9,708
National Aviation System	25.8%	21.0%	7,278
Extreme weather	2.3%	5.9%	643
Security	0.2%	0.2%	54

28,177 delay minutes on 389 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 March 2026?

79.0% of 1,826 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 76.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.8% and 73.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In March 2025, 79.5% of 1,826 departures left on time and 0.4% were cancelled, against 79.0% and 1.2% in March 2026.

Provenance

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