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Route Reliability

SMX → Phoenix

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

88
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
85%
Arrive within 15 minutes
5 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 85% of the time across 405 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

SMX–PHX flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 88% of the time, versus 81% between 3–6 PM.

Skip Monday if you can.

SMX–PHX flights arrived on time 91% of the time on Tuesdays. On Mondays: 77%.

Trending in the right direction.

SMX–PHX flights arrived on time 89% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 80% 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
  • Mon77%(57 flights)
  • Tue91%(58 flights)
  • Wed83%(59 flights)
  • Thu91%(58 flights)
  • Fri83%(57 flights)
  • Sat87%(55 flights)
  • Sun79%(56 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM88%(198 flights)
  • 3–6 PM81%(202 flights)
On-time trend by month
83%
May

Oct 97% → May 83% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
October 202597%31
November 202578%59
December 202583%60
January 202681%62
February 202675%56
March 202692%60
April 202692%60
May 202683%12

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.