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Mesa Gateway Airport (AZA) delays & on-time performance

Phoenix, Arizona · 42 nonstop destinations · 1 airlines · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

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No FAA-reported ground stops or delays at AZA right now. Individual flights can still be delayed by the airline; check with your airline for your flight.

On-time arrivals
81%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
0.3%
18 flights
Avg arrival delay
14 min
70 min when late
Departed on time
82%
avg taxi-out 15 min

Figures cover 6,301 departures from AZA; on-time is measured at arrival. Arrivals into AZA were on time 76% of the time.

Key facts

  • Flights departing Mesa Gateway Airport (AZA) arrived on time 81% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, better than the 78% national average.
  • 0.3% were cancelled, and 6% arrived an hour or more late.
  • Departures scheduled around 6am did best (95% on time); around 6pm did worst (68%).
  • The largest source of delay minutes was airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling) (52%).

Most delayed routes from AZA

Lowest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.

All 42 routes from AZA →

Most reliable routes from AZA

Highest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.

Best airline at AZA

Departures from this airport, ranked by on-time arrival.

AirlineOn timeCancelledAvg delayRoutesFlights
Allegiant Air81%0.3%14 min426,301

Best time to fly out of AZA

On-time arrival rate by scheduled departure hour (local time).

  • 6am95%492 flts
  • 7am92%885 flts
  • 8am89%704 flts
  • 9am85%456 flts
  • 10am89%311 flts
  • 11am86%314 flts
  • 12pm85%222 flts
  • 1pm77%237 flts
  • 2pm72%517 flts
  • 3pm73%864 flts
  • 4pm69%542 flts
  • 5pm71%249 flts
  • 6pm68%196 flts
  • 7pm73%121 flts
  • 8pm71%108 flts

Monthly trend

60%80%100%July 2025: 86.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 85.2% on time, 0.0% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 89.5% on time, 0.0% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 84.0% on time, 0.4% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 83.3% on time, 0.5% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 80.4% on time, 0.5% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 82.8% on time, 0.2% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 86.8% on time, 0.0% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 76.9% on time, 0.5% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 77.4% on time, 0.0% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 76.2% on time, 0.0% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 81.8% on time, 0.4% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 77.5% on time, 0.6% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why departures were late

  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)52%
  • Late-arriving aircraft27%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion12%
  • Extreme weather10%
  • Security0%

Data: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 (12 months). Latest month published by BTS: July 2026. How we calculate this.