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Route Reliability

Austin → Phoenix

AUSPHX · 872 miles · Austin–Bergstrom International Airport to Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport

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Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
80%
Arrive within 15 minutes
9 min
Average arrival delay
0.7%
Cancelled
3,392
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

Ranked by on-time arrivals. Historical results, not predictions.

  1. 1.American Airlines82%1,229 flights
  2. 2.Southwest Airlines79%1,986 flights
  3. 3.Frontier Airlines78%177 flights

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

AUS–PHX flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 93% of the time, versus 67% between 6–9 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

AUS–PHX flights arrived on time 85% of the time on Saturdays. On Sundays: 75%.

American Airlines has a slight edge here.

American Airlines arrived on time 82% of the time on this route; Frontier Airlines managed 78%.

Slipping a little lately.

AUS–PHX flights arrived on time 80% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 83% in the three months before that.

Best historical flights

Ranked by on-time arrivals, minimum 100 flights. Past performance, not a promise.

Top flights by on-time rate

More flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon78%(528 flights)
  • Tue84%(431 flights)
  • Wed81%(447 flights)
  • Thu79%(523 flights)
  • Fri80%(533 flights)
  • Sat85%(363 flights)
  • Sun75%(538 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM91%(93 flights)
  • 6–9 AM93%(645 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM90%(421 flights)
  • 12–3 PM79%(1034 flights)
  • 3–6 PM70%(447 flights)
  • 6–9 PM67%(580 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM72%(143 flights)
On-time trend by month
76%
May

Jun 77% → May 76% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202577%256
July 202573%259
August 202584%245
September 202583%230
October 202577%308
November 202576%282
December 202586%289
January 202679%266
February 202685%271
March 202682%345
April 202683%316
May 202676%296

Based on 3,392 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.