OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Boston to Phoenix

2,300 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on BOS–PHX arrive on time 75% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate75%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay40 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled1.7%of scheduled flights

based on 1,962 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

Too close to call — no single carrier is clearly more on-time here.

  • American Airlines
    On-time78%
    Medianon time
    p9035 min
    Cancel1.7%
    Flights1,317
  • JetBlue Airways
    On-time74%
    Medianon time
    p9045 min
    Cancel0.8%
    Flights246
  • Delta Air Lines
    On-time66%
    Medianon time
    p9055 min
    Cancel2.0%
    Flights399

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline38%
  • Weather3%
  • Air traffic (NAS)20%
  • Late aircraft39%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline15%
  • Weather82%
  • Air traffic (NAS)3%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 33 cancellations with a reported cause (BTS reports causes from June 2003).

Over time

On-time trend

By season

On-time rate by month

When to fly

Best time to fly BOS → PHX

All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-06 .. 2026-05).

Best time of day

Mornings are the most reliable time of day to fly this route — 85% on time.

  • Mornings85% on time · p90 20 min · 2,612 flights
  • Middays82% on time · p90 30 min · 1,121 flights
  • Afternoons72% on time · p90 60 min · 642 flights
  • Evenings66% on time · p90 75 min · 1,828 flights
  • Overnights50% on time · p90 95 min · 125 flights · limited

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 73% to 80% on time.

  • Saturdays80% on time · p90 35 min · 893 flights
  • Tuesdays79% on time · p90 45 min · 837 flights
  • Wednesdays79% on time · p90 35 min · 859 flights
  • Thursdays77% on time · p90 40 min · 937 flights
  • Mondays77% on time · p90 40 min · 920 flights
  • Sundays75% on time · p90 45 min · 954 flights
  • Fridays73% on time · p90 60 min · 928 flights

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Methodology

A flight is on time when it arrives within 15 minutes of schedule — the US DOT / BTS standard. Median and p90(the “1-in-10 bad day”) are read from the full arrival-delay distribution, never averaged across periods.

Figures cover a carrier’s own BTS-coded flights. Cells below ~200 flights are flagged as limited data. All numbers are pre-computed from public BTS On-Time Performance data.