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Route Reliability

Memphis → Phoenix

MEM–PHX · 1,264 miles · Memphis International Airport to Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport

86
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
82%
Arrive within 15 minutes
10 min
Average arrival delay
0.9%
Cancelled
540
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.American Airlines86%356 flights
  2. 2.Southwest Airlines76%179 flights

Not enough history to rank: Frontier Airlines (4 flights), Delta Air Lines (1 flights). We rank airlines only after 100 flights on the route.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

MEM–PHX flights departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 93% of the time, versus 55% between 6–9 PM.

Thursday is the weak spot.

MEM–PHX flights arrived on time 90% of the time on Wednesdays. On Thursdays: 77%.

American Airlines runs this route best.

American Airlines arrived on time 86% of the time on this route; Southwest Airlines managed 76%.

Trending in the right direction.

MEM–PHX flights arrived on time 93% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 78% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon79%(84 flights)
  • Tue89%(66 flights)
  • Wed90%(60 flights)
  • Thu77%(79 flights)
  • Fri79%(86 flights)
  • Sat84%(67 flights)
  • Sun82%(92 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM86%(354 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM93%(41 flights)
  • 12–3 PM80%(46 flights)
  • 3–6 PM73%(48 flights)
  • 6–9 PM55%(44 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM—(1 flights)
On-time trend by month
90%
May

Jun 63% → May 90% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202563%56
July 202581%59
August 202592%48
September 202586%35
October 202578%49
November 202588%51
December 202565%48
January 202682%39
February 202687%46
March 202695%41
April 202694%31
May 202690%31

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Based on 540 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.