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Southwest Airlines ATL to PHX on-time performance

Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Atlanta to Phoenix · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

On-time arrivals
72%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
0.3%
2 flights
Avg arrival delay
16 min
54 min when late
Rank on route
#3 of 4
route average 76% on time

Key facts

  • Southwest Airlines flights on ATL to PHX arrived on time 72% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 0.3% were cancelled, and 8% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #3 of 4 airlines on this route, which averaged 76% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (53%).

On-time trend by month

40%70%100%July 2025: 66.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 77.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 76.3% on time, 0.0% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 71.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 77.8% on time, 0.0% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 75.9% on time, 0.0% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 91.2% on time, 2.9% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 82.1% on time, 0.0% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 71.9% on time, 1.7% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 65.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 61.3% on time, 0.0% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 56.8% on time, 0.0% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 61.8% on time, 0.0% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Late-arriving aircraft53%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)26%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion17%
  • Extreme weather3%
  • Security1%

Other airlines on ATL to PHX

Full ATL to PHX comparison →
Southwest Airlines on-time record across all routes →

602 Southwest Airlines flights tracked on this route; 2 cancelled, 3 diverted.

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.