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Route Reliability

FAT → Phoenix

FAT–PHX · 493 miles · FAT Airport to Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport

86
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
82%
Arrive within 15 minutes
12 min
Average arrival delay
0.7%
Cancelled
1,431
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

American Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 82% of the time across 1,431 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

FAT–PHX flights departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 91% of the time, versus 69% between 6–9 PM.

Wednesday comes out ahead.

A small edge: 85% on time on Wednesdays against 79% on Mondays.

Ticking up lately.

FAT–PHX flights arrived on time 86% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 80% 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
  • Mon79%(201 flights)
  • Tue84%(189 flights)
  • Wed85%(187 flights)
  • Thu82%(219 flights)
  • Fri81%(209 flights)
  • Sat83%(194 flights)
  • Sun83%(221 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM84%(366 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM91%(259 flights)
  • 12–3 PM83%(353 flights)
  • 3–6 PM82%(205 flights)
  • 6–9 PM69%(236 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM—(1 flights)
On-time trend by month
85%
May

Jun 79% → May 85% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202579%94
July 202575%92
August 202584%100
September 202589%92
October 202575%129
November 202586%130
December 202579%139
January 202675%135
February 202688%121
March 202686%148
April 202686%121
May 202685%119

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Based on 1,431 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.