On-Time Report

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Route · 12 months to July 2026

Phoenix to Fresno: on-time record

Phoenix Sky Harbor International to Fresno Yosemite International

79.2%arrived 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. Data through July 2026; this is a monthly history, not live flight status.

Flights from Phoenix (PHX) to Fresno (FAT) arrived on time 79.2% of the time in the 12 months to July 2026. Reporting carriers scheduled 1,475 flights on the route in that period, about 4 a day, a distance of 493 miles.

That is 3.2 points above the national on-time share of 76.0% for the same period and 1.8 points above the 77.4% recorded for all departures from PHX. Flights that did arrive were 8.4 min late on average, and 0.5% of scheduled flights were cancelled (national: 1.8%).

3 reporting carriers flew the route at least 60 times. Envoy Air had the highest on-time share at 90.7% of 118 flights; SkyWest Airlines had the lowest at 76.8% of 557.

By scheduled departure hour (local time at PHX), flights leaving from 7 am to 8 am had the highest on-time share, 92.3%; those leaving from 9 pm to 10 pm had the lowest, 56.9%.

The on-time share is down 1.2 points on the previous 12 months (80.4%); cancellations moved from 0.1% to 0.5%.

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category on this route, air carrier 46%, late-arriving aircraft 45% and national aviation system 7%.

79.2%arrived on timenational 76.0%
8.4 minaverage arrival delayearly arrivals count as negative; national 8.1 min
0.5%cancellednational 1.8%
123flights a month1,475 in 12 months · 493 miles
Every scheduled PHX to FAT flight by a reporting carrier, August 2025 to July 2026.

Airlines on the route compared

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
AA American Airlines80054%79.1%9.7 min0.8%
OO SkyWest Airlines55738%76.8%9.6 min0.2%
MQ Envoy Air1188%90.7%-6.1 min0.0%

Carriers with at least 24 flights in the 12 months to July 2026. The on-time pill is green when a carrier is at or above the route's overall share. Regional carriers operate flights sold under larger airlines' brands; BTS lists the carrier that operated the flight.

Compared with the airports and the nation

MeasurePHX to FATAll departures from PHXAll arrivals at FATAll reported flights
Arrived on time79.2%77.4%78.4%76.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late20.2%21.4%20.5%21.9%
Cancelled0.5%0.9%1.1%1.8%
Diverted0.1%0.3%0.1%0.3%
Average arrival delay8.4 min6.9 min6.2 min8.1 min
Delay minutes per 100 flights1,6321,4611,4581,684
Scheduled flights1,475197,64213,1217,043,858

12 months to July 2026. Delay minutes count late arrivals only (an early arrival is zero), so the per-100-flights row is a normalised total rather than an average of early and late.

The return direction, FAT to PHX, recorded 80.4% on time across 1,475 flights in the same period.

Month by month

100%columns start at 40%
Share of scheduled PHX to FAT flights that arrived on time, Aug 2023 to Jul 2026. Green columns are at or above the national figure for that month (the dark tick), amber below it, red more than eight points below.

Year on year: on time 79.2% against 80.4% (−1.2 pts), cancelled 0.5% against 0.1%, flights 1,475 against 1,477.

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over
Share of flights that arrived on time, by the hour they were scheduled to leave PHX (local time), 12 months to July 2026. Faded cells have few flights. Hover or tap a cell for counts.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNationalMinutes
Air carrier46.3%33.3%10,484
Late-arriving aircraft44.5%39.7%10,082
National Aviation System7.3%20.7%1,645
Extreme weather1.9%6.1%436
Security0.0%0.1%0
22,647 delay minutes on 298 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Seasonality

Calendar monthFlightsOn timeCancelledAvg arrival delayYears in sample
Jan40278.4%1.0%3.1 min3
Feb38681.6%0.0%7.9 min3
Mar46078.7%0.2%9.9 min3
Apr41783.7%0.0%2.2 min3
May37581.1%0.0%6.2 min3
Jun30377.6%0.0%16.0 min3
Jul30276.2%0.7%15.6 min3
Aug32983.0%0.3%1.8 min3
Sep31586.3%0.3%1.0 min3
Oct35681.2%0.0%5.6 min3
Nov40084.0%0.3%5.6 min3
Dec40077.3%0.0%12.8 min3

Each calendar month summed across the 36 months on file, so most rows combine three years. The pill compares the month with the route's own 12-month share.

Other routes from Phoenix (PHX)

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
PHX–DENPhoenix to Denver8,94476.6%8.9 min0.6%
PHX–LAXPhoenix to Los Angeles7,60681.5%3.4 min0.6%
PHX–SEAPhoenix to Seattle7,22681.7%0.8 min0.7%
PHX–LASPhoenix to Las Vegas6,01577.3%7.6 min1.0%
PHX–SANPhoenix to San Diego6,00270.6%11.7 min1.3%
PHX–SLCPhoenix to Salt Lake City5,77382.5%2.4 min0.5%
PHX–ORDPhoenix to Chicago5,58774.5%10.6 min1.6%
PHX–DFWPhoenix to Dallas/Fort Worth5,22577.7%6.9 min2.5%

All 119 routes and the airport record for PHX · airport record for FAT

Questions and answers

How often are flights from Phoenix to Fresno on time?

79.2% of the 1,475 flights scheduled from PHX to FAT in the 12 months to July 2026 arrived less than 15 minutes after their scheduled time. The national share for the same period was 76.0%. Cancelled and diverted flights count as not on time.

Which airline has the highest on-time share from PHX to FAT?

Among reporting carriers with at least 60 flights on the route, Envoy Air had the highest on-time share (90.7%), followed by American Airlines (79.1%) and SkyWest Airlines (76.8%). Differences of a point or two on a few hundred flights are small.

What causes delays between Phoenix and Fresno?

For flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late, carriers attributed the delay minutes as follows: air carrier 46%, late-arriving aircraft 45%, national aviation system 7%, extreme weather 2%, security 0%. The categories are the carriers' own reports to BTS; weather that slows the wider system is usually recorded under the National Aviation System rather than extreme weather.

What time of day has the highest on-time share from PHX?

Flights scheduled to leave PHX from 7 am to 8 am arrived on time 92.3% of the time, the highest of any hour with enough flights to compare. The lowest was 9 pm to 10 pm at 56.9%. Delays tend to build through the day as late aircraft carry over to later flights.

Is it getting better?

The on-time share for the 12 months to July 2026 was 79.2%, down 1.2 points on the previous 12 months (80.4%). The monthly chart on this page shows each of the last 36 months. Across those months, September had the highest on-time share (86.3%) and July the lowest (76.2%).

Where does this data come from?

Every figure is computed from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance files, which list each scheduled domestic flight by the carriers required to report. This page covers August 2023 to July 2026. It shows totals and averages only; it is not a live flight-status service.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance (1987 to present), monthly files August 2023 to July 2026, a US government work in the public domain. Figures are totals and averages over all scheduled flights by reporting carriers on the route; no individual flight or aircraft is identified. Times are local to the departure airport. The load factor and passenger counts from the BTS T-100 series are not included in this edition. See the methodology; report processing errors through corrections.