Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX) delays & on-time performance
Phoenix, Arizona · 119 nonstop destinations · 12 airlines · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
No FAA-reported ground stops or delays at PHX right now. Individual flights can still be delayed by the airline; check with your airline for your flight.
On-time arrivals
78%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
0.9%
1,694 flights
Avg arrival delay
15 min
63 min when late
Departed on time
77%
avg taxi-out 16 min
Figures cover 197,642 departures from PHX; on-time is measured at arrival. Arrivals into PHX were on time 80% of the time.
Key facts
- Flights departing Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX) arrived on time 78% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, in line with the national average.
- 0.9% were cancelled, and 7% arrived an hour or more late.
- Delta Air Lines was the most punctual airline here (87% on time); Southwest Airlines was the least (74%).
- Departures scheduled around 5am did best (94% on time); around 6pm did worst (67%).
- The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (45%).
Most delayed routes from PHX
Lowest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- SFO · San Francisco66%4,692 flts
- FLL · Fort Lauderdale66%572 flts
- TPA · Tampa70%1,217 flts
- MAF · Midland/Odessa71%365 flts
- CMH · Columbus71%1,147 flts
- HOU · Houston72%2,119 flts
- MSY · New Orleans72%932 flts
- SAN · San Diego72%6,002 flts
- MDW · Chicago72%2,757 flts
- MKE · Milwaukee72%1,452 flts
Most reliable routes from PHX
Highest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- PAE · Everett88%582 flts
- CLT · Charlotte88%2,881 flts
- RDM · Bend/Redmond87%840 flts
- IAD · Washington86%1,037 flts
- PSC · Pasco/Kennewick/Richland85%693 flts
- PHL · Philadelphia85%2,324 flts
- SMX · Santa Maria85%405 flts
- XNA · Fayetteville84%825 flts
- YUM · Yuma84%1,327 flts
- SBP · San Luis Obispo84%1,259 flts
Best airline at PHX
Departures from this airport, ranked by on-time arrival.
| Airline | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Routes | Flights |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines | 87% | 1.1% | 12 min | 10 | 10,647 |
| Alaska Airlines | 85% | 0.6% | 9 min | 7 | 5,634 |
| Envoy Air | 85% | 0.6% | 9 min | 58 | 10,845 |
| Hawaiian Airlines | 84% | 0.0% | 20 min | 1 | 153 |
| United Airlines | 81% | 0.8% | 16 min | 7 | 10,082 |
| SkyWest Airlines | 81% | 0.8% | 16 min | 58 | 27,294 |
| Frontier Airlines | 79% | 1.2% | 18 min | 33 | 7,623 |
| Spirit Airlines | 79% | 1.4% | 25 min | 3 | 141 |
| American Airlines | 79% | 1.1% | 16 min | 75 | 56,671 |
| Allegiant Air | 74% | 0.3% | 34 min | 4 | 325 |
| Southwest Airlines | 74% | 0.6% | 14 min | 61 | 67,125 |
| JetBlue | 71% | 3.0% | 21 min | 3 | 1,102 |
Best time to fly out of PHX
On-time arrival rate by scheduled departure hour (local time).
- 5am94%3,966 flts
- 6am94%7,568 flts
- 7am90%12,130 flts
- 8am85%18,320 flts
- 9am83%13,591 flts
- 10am83%15,391 flts
- 11am81%11,852 flts
- 12pm78%10,539 flts
- 1pm77%11,646 flts
- 2pm75%9,954 flts
- 3pm74%11,839 flts
- 4pm72%14,394 flts
- 5pm73%10,604 flts
- 6pm67%9,711 flts
- 7pm70%9,581 flts
- 8pm70%9,933 flts
- 9pm69%6,164 flts
- 10pm73%4,988 flts
- 11pm83%4,315 flts
Monthly trend
Why departures were late
- Late-arriving aircraft45%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)37%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion15%
- Extreme weather3%
- 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.