Historical on-time performance
Phoenix to Madison
1,396 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on PHX–MSN arrive on time 83% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate83%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay45 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.2%of scheduled flights
based on 500 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).
By airline
How each carrier compares
- American AirlinesOn-time83%Medianon timep9045 minCancel0.2%Flights500
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline38%
- Weather1%
- Air traffic (NAS)3%
- Late aircraft58%
- Security0%
Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.
Over time
On-time trend
By season
On-time rate by month
When to fly
Best time to fly PHX → MSN
All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-01 .. 2025-12).
Best time of day
On-time rates are fairly even by time of day on this route — ranging from 64% to 89% on time.
- Middays89% on time · p90 15 min · 172 flights · limited
- Mornings89% on time · p90 20 min · 404 flights
- Afternoons72% on time · p90 75 min · 617 flights
- Evenings64% on time · p90 65 min · 66 flights · limited
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 74% to 81% on time.
- Wednesdays81% on time · p90 45 min · 170 flights · limited
- Saturdays81% on time · p90 45 min · 179 flights · limited
- Sundays81% on time · p90 35 min · 194 flights · limited
- Tuesdays80% on time · p90 50 min · 173 flights · limited
- Fridays78% on time · p90 45 min · 180 flights · limited
- Thursdays78% on time · p90 65 min · 190 flights · limited
- Mondays74% on time · p90 50 min · 186 flights · limited
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