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Route Reliability

Phoenix → St. Louis

PHXSTL · 1,262 miles · Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport to St. Louis Lambert International Airport

85
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
80%
Arrive within 15 minutes
6 min
Average arrival delay
0.3%
Cancelled
2,289
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.American Airlines82%635 flights
  2. 2.Southwest Airlines79%1,601 flights

Not enough history to rank: Frontier Airlines (53 flights). We rank airlines only after 100 flights on the route.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

PHX–STL flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 94% of the time, versus 70% between 3–6 PM.

Monday is the weak spot.

PHX–STL flights arrived on time 86% of the time on Wednesdays. On Mondays: 75%.

American Airlines has a slight edge here.

American Airlines arrived on time 82% of the time on this route; Southwest Airlines managed 79%.

It basically never cancels.

Out of 2,289 scheduled flights, only 0.3% were cancelled.

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
  • Mon75%(343 flights)
  • Tue83%(318 flights)
  • Wed86%(316 flights)
  • Thu79%(335 flights)
  • Fri81%(348 flights)
  • Sat79%(252 flights)
  • Sun75%(359 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM94%(206 flights)
  • 6–9 AM91%(420 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM84%(335 flights)
  • 12–3 PM78%(414 flights)
  • 3–6 PM70%(279 flights)
  • 6–9 PM71%(604 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM77%(13 flights)
On-time trend by month
78%
May

Jun 80% → May 78% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202580%171
July 202578%163
August 202581%163
September 202583%157
October 202581%199
November 202577%187
December 202575%207
January 202686%197
February 202687%192
March 202675%233
April 202677%203
May 202678%199

Based on 2,289 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.