Palm Springs International in April 2026

80.8%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 April 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 1,680 domestic departures from Palm Springs International (PSP). 80.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 79.2% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.1% of flights departed on time and 78.9% arrived on time, so PSP departures were 1.7 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in April 2025, the airport had 1,790 departures with 84.1% leaving on time: a change of −3.3 points, with flights down 6%.

Flights arriving at PSP that month were on time 80.0% of the time (1,679 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, national aviation system 35%, late-arriving aircraft 33% and air carrier 31%.

On time 79.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 20.2%
Cancelled 0.5%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Apr 2026	Apr 2025	PSP, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Apr 2026
Departed on time	80.8%	84.1%	79.5%	79.1%
Arrived on time	79.2%	80.0%	78.5%	78.9%
Cancelled	0.5%	0.6%	1.3%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	13.9 min	13.7 min	16.7 min	14.5 min
Scheduled departures a day	56	60	41	19,931
Scheduled departures	1,680	1,790	15,067	597,919

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	524	31%	76.3%	9.3 min	0.2%
WN Southwest Airlines	291	17%	79.0%	2.1 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	275	16%	90.5%	-7.5 min	0.7%
UA United Airlines	245	15%	67.8%	16.9 min	0.4%
AA American Airlines	210	13%	78.6%	3.3 min	1.9%
DL Delta Air Lines	120	7%	89.2%	-2.7 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	15	1%	86.7%	-8.9 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
PSP–SFO	Palm Springs to San Francisco	250	45.2%	40.0 min	0.4%
PSP–SEA	Palm Springs to Seattle	216	94.0%	-10.6 min	0.0%
PSP–DEN	Palm Springs to Denver	211	85.8%	-4.4 min	0.0%
PSP–PHX	Palm Springs to Phoenix	120	83.3%	11.2 min	0.0%
PSP–ORD	Palm Springs to Chicago	119	73.9%	9.1 min	2.5%
PSP–DFW	Palm Springs to Dallas/Fort Worth	93	82.8%	-3.3 min	2.2%
PSP–SLC	Palm Springs to Salt Lake City	90	92.2%	-8.7 min	0.0%
PSP–PDX	Palm Springs to Portland	89	96.6%	-15.4 min	2.2%
PSP–LAS	Palm Springs to Las Vegas	76	67.1%	8.5 min	0.0%
PSP–OAK	Palm Springs to Oakland	71	80.3%	2.7 min	0.0%
PSP–LAX	Palm Springs to Los Angeles	60	85.0%	-1.1 min	0.0%
PSP–SMF	Palm Springs to Sacramento	49	79.6%	3.7 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), April 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Apr 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	30.9%	33.5%	7,105
Late-arriving aircraft	33.1%	40.4%	7,612
National Aviation System	34.7%	21.0%	7,991
Extreme weather	1.4%	5.0%	312
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

23,020 delay minutes on 340 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 April 2026?

80.8% of 1,680 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 79.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.1% and 78.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In April 2025, 84.1% of 1,790 departures left on time and 0.6% were cancelled, against 80.8% and 0.5% in April 2026.

Provenance

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