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Airport Reliability

PHX · Phoenix

Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport

78%
Departures within 15 minutes
13 min
Average departure delay
81%
Arrivals within 15 minutes
0.9%
Departures cancelled

Based on 198,186 departures and 198,183 arrivals. Data through May 2026.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

Departures from PHX departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 95% of the time, versus 71% between 6–9 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

Departures from PHX arrived on time 84% of the time on Tuesdays. On Sundays: 76%.

When PHX gets messy

On-time by departure window
  • 12–3 AM84%(1067 flights)
  • 3–6 AM95%(3881 flights)
  • 6–9 AM89%(37622 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM83%(40404 flights)
  • 12–3 PM78%(31730 flights)
  • 3–6 PM74%(36759 flights)
  • 6–9 PM71%(29265 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM77%(15166 flights)
On-time by weekday
  • Mon78%(29510 flights)
  • Tue84%(26040 flights)
  • Wed82%(26430 flights)
  • Thu79%(29481 flights)
  • Fri79%(29192 flights)
  • Sat83%(25225 flights)
  • Sun76%(30016 flights)
On-time trend by month
78%
May

Jun 77% → May 78% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202577%15476
July 202576%15531
August 202582%14332
September 202584%13671
October 202580%16572
November 202579%16559
December 202579%17679
January 202682%16240
February 202684%15636
March 202678%19167
April 202682%17710
May 202678%17321

Airlines departing PHX

Busiest routes from PHX

Based on 198,186 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.