Palm Springs International in July 2026

77.6%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 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 791 domestic departures from Palm Springs International (PSP). 77.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 75.0% reached their destination on time; 0.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 68.8% of flights departed on time and 69.4% arrived on time, so PSP departures were 8.8 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in July 2025, the airport had 719 departures with 79.0% leaving on time: a change of −1.4 points, with flights up 10%.

Flights arriving at PSP that month were on time 70.4% of the time (791 scheduled arrivals).

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

On time 75.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 22.3%
Cancelled 0.4%
Diverted 2.4%

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

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

Measure	Jul 2026	Jul 2025	PSP, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jul 2026
Departed on time	77.6%	79.0%	79.5%	68.8%
Arrived on time	75.0%	78.7%	78.5%	69.4%
Cancelled	0.4%	0.8%	1.3%	2.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	17.3 min	16.9 min	16.7 min	24.1 min
Scheduled departures a day	26	24	41	21,066
Scheduled departures	791	719	15,067	631,970

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	448	57%	71.7%	10.5 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	151	19%	73.5%	12.9 min	1.3%
WN Southwest Airlines	131	17%	87.0%	-2.0 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	31	4%	80.6%	-3.7 min	3.2%
UA United Airlines	30	4%	73.3%	28.5 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
PSP–SFO	Palm Springs to San Francisco	200	48.5%	24.9 min	0.0%
PSP–PHX	Palm Springs to Phoenix	121	77.7%	11.1 min	0.8%
PSP–SLC	Palm Springs to Salt Lake City	92	89.1%	-2.8 min	0.0%
PSP–DEN	Palm Springs to Denver	91	85.7%	0.9 min	0.0%
PSP–DFW	Palm Springs to Dallas/Fort Worth	62	71.0%	18.2 min	1.6%
PSP–SEA	Palm Springs to Seattle	62	85.5%	-4.6 min	1.6%
PSP–LAS	Palm Springs to Las Vegas	52	90.4%	-6.7 min	0.0%
PSP–LAX	Palm Springs to Los Angeles	31	90.3%	17.1 min	0.0%
PSP–PDX	Palm Springs to Portland	31	93.5%	-6.6 min	0.0%
PSP–SMF	Palm Springs to Sacramento	31	87.1%	-4.5 min	0.0%
PSP–OAK	Palm Springs to Oakland	18	77.8%	25.7 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), July 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jul 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	30.5%	31.7%	3,886
Late-arriving aircraft	34.9%	41.8%	4,451
National Aviation System	30.9%	19.9%	3,944
Extreme weather	3.7%	6.5%	475
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

12,756 delay minutes on 176 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 2026?

77.6% of 791 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 75.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 68.8% and 69.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In July 2025, 79.0% of 719 departures left on time and 0.8% were cancelled, against 77.6% and 0.4% in July 2026.

Provenance

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