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Airport Reliability

AZA · Phoenix

Phoenix, AZ (AZA)

84%
Departures within 15 minutes
7 min
Average departure delay
79%
Arrivals within 15 minutes
0.2%
Departures cancelled

Based on 6,337 departures and 6,340 arrivals. Data through May 2026.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

Departures from AZA departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 93% of the time, versus 64% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Friday is doing you no favors.

Departures from AZA arrived on time 87% of the time on Tuesdays. On Fridays: 79%.

Slipping a little lately.

Departures from AZA arrived on time 77% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 84% in the three months before that.

When AZA gets messy

On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM(8 flights)
  • 6–9 AM93%(2049 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM88%(1027 flights)
  • 12–3 PM77%(1018 flights)
  • 3–6 PM74%(1661 flights)
  • 6–9 PM73%(444 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM64%(96 flights)
On-time by weekday
  • Mon83%(1044 flights)
  • Tue87%(436 flights)
  • Wed86%(701 flights)
  • Thu83%(1101 flights)
  • Fri79%(1035 flights)
  • Sat82%(829 flights)
  • Sun83%(1157 flights)
On-time trend by month
77%
May

Jun 84% → May 77% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202584%527
July 202587%532
August 202586%392
September 202590%313
October 202585%530
November 202584%539
December 202581%623
January 202684%522
February 202687%530
March 202678%776
April 202678%541
May 202677%478

Airlines departing AZA

Based on 6,337 historical flights, because apparently we checked. Historical flight data: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, June 2025 – May 2026. Data through May 2026. How we calculate this.