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Route Reliability

Phoenix → SMX

PHXSMX · 494 miles · Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport to SMX Airport

85
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
86%
Arrive within 15 minutes
2 min
Average arrival delay
1.2%
Cancelled
405
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

American Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 86% of the time across 405 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

The late departure is the smart one here.

PHX–SMX flights departing between 6–9 PM arrived on time 95% of the time, versus 82% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Friday is doing you no favors.

PHX–SMX flights arrived on time 91% of the time on Tuesdays and just 74% on Fridays. That gap is worth planning around.

Trending in the right direction.

PHX–SMX flights arrived on time 89% 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

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon83%(58 flights)
  • Tue91%(58 flights)
  • Wed86%(59 flights)
  • Thu91%(57 flights)
  • Fri74%(54 flights)
  • Sat91%(55 flights)
  • Sun82%(55 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM(1 flights)
  • 12–3 PM83%(202 flights)
  • 3–6 PM(6 flights)
  • 6–9 PM95%(86 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM82%(101 flights)
On-time trend by month
91%
May

Oct 97% → May 91% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
October 202597%31
November 202585%58
December 202588%60
January 202677%62
February 202680%56
March 202687%60
April 202690%58
May 202691%11

Based on 405 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.