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Route Reliability

Phoenix → Austin

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

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Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
77%
Arrive within 15 minutes
9 min
Average arrival delay
0.7%
Cancelled
3,389
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.Frontier Airlines82%177 flights
  2. 2.Southwest Airlines77%1,983 flights
  3. 3.American Airlines76%1,229 flights

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

PHX–AUS flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 97% of the time, versus 55% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

PHX–AUS flights arrived on time 80% of the time on Wednesdays. On Sundays: 72%.

Frontier Airlines has a slight edge here.

Frontier Airlines arrived on time 82% of the time on this route; American Airlines managed 76%.

Slipping a little lately.

PHX–AUS flights arrived on time 76% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 79% 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

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The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon76%(527 flights)
  • Tue80%(431 flights)
  • Wed80%(449 flights)
  • Thu76%(521 flights)
  • Fri75%(535 flights)
  • Sat80%(358 flights)
  • Sun72%(540 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 12–3 AM—(3 flights)
  • 3–6 AM97%(219 flights)
  • 6–9 AM89%(587 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM80%(677 flights)
  • 12–3 PM74%(519 flights)
  • 3–6 PM69%(768 flights)
  • 6–9 PM66%(568 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM55%(20 flights)
On-time trend by month
76%
May

Jun 72% → May 76% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202572%257
July 202572%257
August 202581%243
September 202588%235
October 202574%306
November 202570%282
December 202576%290
January 202679%263
February 202683%272
March 202672%347
April 202680%315
May 202676%294

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Based on 3,389 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.