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Route Reliability

San Francisco → Palm Springs

SFO–PSP · 421 miles · San Francisco International Airport to Palm Springs International Airport

80
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
79%
Arrive within 15 minutes
9 min
Average arrival delay
1.4%
Cancelled
2,649
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.United Airlines83%1,520 flights
  2. 2.Alaska Airlines74%1,107 flights

Not enough history to rank: Frontier Airlines (22 flights). We rank airlines only after 100 flights on the route.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

SFO–PSP flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 93% of the time, versus 72% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Thursday is the weak spot.

SFO–PSP flights arrived on time 85% of the time on Tuesdays. On Thursdays: 76%.

United Airlines runs this route best.

United Airlines arrived on time 83% of the time on this route; Alaska Airlines managed 74%.

Recent months have been rougher.

SFO–PSP flights arrived on time 72% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 81% 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%(393 flights)
  • Tue85%(340 flights)
  • Wed79%(353 flights)
  • Thu76%(387 flights)
  • Fri78%(406 flights)
  • Sat84%(329 flights)
  • Sun76%(396 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM93%(464 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM83%(200 flights)
  • 12–3 PM73%(516 flights)
  • 3–6 PM75%(571 flights)
  • 6–9 PM80%(556 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM72%(297 flights)
On-time trend by month
61%
May

Jun 83% → May 61% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202583%154
July 202581%154
August 202582%163
September 202587%191
October 202577%239
November 202580%261
December 202572%215
January 202689%236
February 202681%235
March 202686%282
April 202668%264
May 202661%210

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Based on 2,649 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.