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Route Reliability

Phoenix → Ontario

PHXONT · 325 miles · Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport to Ontario International Airport

84
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
78%
Arrive within 15 minutes
7 min
Average arrival delay
0.5%
Cancelled
3,095
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.American Airlines81%1,487 flights
  2. 2.Southwest Airlines76%1,608 flights

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

PHX–ONT flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 93% of the time, versus 65% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

PHX–ONT flights arrived on time 84% of the time on Tuesdays. On Sundays: 74%.

American Airlines has a slight edge here.

American Airlines arrived on time 81% of the time on this route; Southwest Airlines managed 76%.

Slipping a little lately.

PHX–ONT flights arrived on time 77% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 82% 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%(471 flights)
  • Tue84%(432 flights)
  • Wed80%(432 flights)
  • Thu78%(470 flights)
  • Fri74%(461 flights)
  • Sat80%(360 flights)
  • Sun74%(455 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM93%(441 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM87%(685 flights)
  • 12–3 PM80%(357 flights)
  • 3–6 PM76%(679 flights)
  • 6–9 PM66%(609 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM65%(310 flights)
On-time trend by month
72%
May

Jun 71% → May 72% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202571%260
July 202578%262
August 202582%237
September 202579%224
October 202579%258
November 202576%266
December 202578%281
January 202685%259
February 202684%240
March 202680%288
April 202678%252
May 202672%254

Based on 3,095 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.