OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Phoenix to Palm Springs

261 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on PHX–PSP arrive on time 78% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate78%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay40 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.8%of scheduled flights

based on 1,538 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • Envoy Airbest
    On-time94%
    Medianon time
    p90on time
    Cancel0.0%
    Flights31
  • SkyWest Airlines
    On-time78%
    Medianon time
    p9040 min
    Cancel1.1%
    Flights829
  • American Airlines
    On-time78%
    Medianon time
    p9045 min
    Cancel0.6%
    Flights678

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline46%
  • Weather2%
  • Air traffic (NAS)6%
  • Late aircraft46%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Airline.

Over time

On-time trend

By season

On-time rate by month

When to fly

Best time to fly PHX → PSP

All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-01 .. 2025-12).

Best time of day

Mornings are the most reliable time of day to fly this route — 89% on time.

  • Mornings89% on time · p90 15 min · 640 flights
  • Middays82% on time · p90 30 min · 1,180 flights
  • Afternoons80% on time · p90 35 min · 1,299 flights
  • Evenings80% on time · p90 45 min · 754 flights
  • Overnights80% on time · p90 40 min · 795 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 79% to 86% on time.

  • Tuesdays86% on time · p90 20 min · 622 flights
  • Wednesdays85% on time · p90 25 min · 661 flights
  • Saturdays83% on time · p90 35 min · 642 flights
  • Thursdays80% on time · p90 40 min · 695 flights
  • Fridays80% on time · p90 35 min · 679 flights
  • Sundays80% on time · p90 40 min · 692 flights
  • Mondays79% on time · p90 35 min · 678 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.