OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

San Luis Obispo to Phoenix

509 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on SBP–PHX arrive on time 82% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate82%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay35 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.8%of scheduled flights

based on 1,015 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • Envoy Airbest
    On-time88%
    Medianon time
    p9015 min
    Cancel1.1%
    Flights263
  • American Airlines
    On-time81%
    Medianon time
    p9060 min
    Cancel0.9%
    Flights465
  • SkyWest Airlines
    On-time79%
    Medianon time
    p9045 min
    Cancel0.3%
    Flights287

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline55%
  • Weather14%
  • Air traffic (NAS)7%
  • Late aircraft22%
  • Security2%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Airline.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline25%
  • Weather25%
  • Air traffic (NAS)50%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Air traffic (NAS). Shares are among 8 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 SBP → 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 — 88% on time.

  • Mornings88% on time · p90 15 min · 1,200 flights
  • Middays84% on time · p90 25 min · 1,106 flights
  • Evenings83% on time · p90 25 min · 346 flights
  • Afternoons80% on time · p90 45 min · 867 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 81% to 89% on time.

  • Tuesdays89% on time · p90 15 min · 450 flights
  • Wednesdays85% on time · p90 25 min · 477 flights
  • Fridays85% on time · p90 20 min · 525 flights
  • Mondays84% on time · p90 30 min · 509 flights
  • Thursdays84% on time · p90 25 min · 531 flights
  • Saturdays84% on time · p90 30 min · 486 flights
  • Sundays81% on time · p90 35 min · 545 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.