Airline · YV · 2020–2025 BTS data
Mesa Airlines
According to PlainFlights' airline traffic ranking (BTS On-Time Performance total flights), Mesa Airlines ranks #16 of 18 tracked US carriers by total flights (most flights = #1).
Data updated 2026-06-13
- 83.1%
- On-time
- +4.1 pts
- vs US avg
- 89 min
- Delay when late
- 4.11%
- Cancelled
- #16 of 18
- Corpus placement
According to PlainFlights' airline traffic ranking (BTS On-Time Performance total flights), Mesa Airlines ranks #16 of 18 tracked US carriers by total flights (most flights = #1). How we place airlines.
PlainFlights Reliability Score
Transparent derived index from BTS On-Time Performance data — not an official DOT/FAA rating.
- On-Time Rate C+
83.1%
Share of flights arriving within the BTS 15-minute on-time threshold
- Delay Severity F
89 min
Total arrival-delay minutes (all flights, including delays under 15 min) divided by the flights that arrived 15+ min late
- Cancellation Rate F
4.11%
Share of scheduled flights cancelled
Weighted from on-time rate, delay minutes per late flight, and cancellation rate, each scored against the 18 currently tracked U.S. carriers with meaningful flight volume (percentile method). A dimension without a reported value drops out and its weight redistributes to the rest — missing data never deflates the score. See the full formula, weights, and live benchmark table.
BTS on-time dispatch plate
Carrier YV · Mesa Airlines
ONTIME-SOLID · ABOVE-AVG · BOOK-LIGHT · CARRIER-LED · CX-HOT · SPREAD-WIDE
- ONTIME-SOLID 83.1% on-time
- ABOVE-AVG +4.1 pts vs US
- BOOK-LIGHT 411K flights
- CARRIER-LED Carrier-led delays
- CX-HOT 4.11% cancel
- SPREAD-WIDE 20-pt season gap
Nearest on-time peer: Hawaiian Airlines (+ 0.0 pts)
Instrument codes from this carrier’s BTS on-time band, national gap, flight-book size, leading delay cause, cancel posture, and seasonal spread, not a booking recommendation.
On-time neighbourhood
Poles + nearest peers, not a full 18-carrier reprint
- EV
EV 89.8%
90
- DL
DL 84.6%
85
- OO
OO 83.6%
84
- YV
YV 83.1%
83
- HA
HA 83.1%
83
- MQ
MQ 82.5%
83
- F9
F9 73.7%
74
What this shows How YV sits among BTS on-time poles and nearest peers.
Mesa Airlines - monthly on-time rate
Last 24 months reported; ranged 69%–88%
Mesa Airlines - BTS Delay Tier Breakdown
How Mesa Airlines flights distribute across federal Bureau of Transportation Statistics arrival-delay tiers. The on-time band uses the BTS 15-minute threshold; longer-delay tiers reflect arrival-time bins reported in the underlying database.
Delay Cause Breakdown
Top delay cause: Carrier.
Source: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, On-Time Performance
Seasonal on-time calendar
Multi-year average by calendar month for YV (BTS 2020–2022), not a single recent year.
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Best month
April
88.9% on-time · ~10,685 flights/mo
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Mid pack
January
83.6% on-time · ~13,491 flights/mo
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Worst month
July
76.5% on-time · ~11,487 flights/mo
Spread 12.4 pts between April and July. The monthly chart above shows the recent path; this desk ranks the long-run calendar.
YV delay-share reading
Across 410,786 BTS-reported flights (2020–2022), Mesa Airlines posts 83.1% on-time, 4.1 points above the 79% national flight-weighted average, with 69,562 delayed arrivals and 16,878 cancellations (4.11% of the book). When a flight runs late, the average delay is 89.3 minutes.
Nearest on-time peer
Closest BTS on-time neighbour for YV, not a universal board reprint.
Hawaiian Airlines
+0.0 pts on-time vs YV
Field definitions: on-time performance explained.
What to do with the Mesa Airlines on-time record
A single carrier's rate rarely settles a travel decision on its own -- use it as a starting point, not a verdict.
- See how Mesa Airlines ranks against every other tracked carrier on on-time performance. Airline performance rankings
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- Carrier is this airline's leading delay cause -- see how it's measured. Read methodology
Reflects BTS On-Time Performance data, 2020-2022; excludes cancelled and diverted flights.
Disclaimer: This information is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute professional advice. Data is sourced from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS). Consult a qualified professional before making decisions based on this data.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
Every figure on PlainFlights is rendered directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no number is typed in by an editor. This page aggregates this airline's on-time performance and delay-cause breakdown, live from the dataset. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.