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Airport · AZA · Phoenix, Arizona

Phoenix, AZ

According to PlainFlights' airport traffic ranking (BTS On-Time Performance total flights), Phoenix, AZ (AZA) ranks #125 of 382 tracked US airports by total flights (most flights = #1). Phoenix, AZ posts bottom-quartile on-time performance among the 382 tracked U.S. airports, as a mid-size U.S. airport.

Data updated 2026-06-13

78.7%
On-time
Top 89%
on-time, US airports
75 min
Delay when late
1.24%
Cancelled
#125 of 382
Corpus placement
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AZA on-time rate vs. the national average

Behind the U.S. average across all 382 tracked airports.

0%100%U.S. average79%78.7%

Delay Cause Breakdown

Top delay cause: Carrier. Total delay minutes: 412,094.

Late Aircraft 29.4% (121,024 min)
Carrier 46.0% (189,420 min)
NAS (National Aviation System) 14.7% (60,700 min)
Weather 9.2% (38,033 min)
Security 0.7% (2,917 min)

AZA - seasonal on-time pattern

Best: May (93.4%) · worst: December (87.8%)

86%88%90%92%94% JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 87.8%

AZA - on-time rate by year

2020–2025, year-over-year trend.

86%88%90%92%94% 202020212022202320242025 92.8% 91.6% ▼ -1.3%

AZA - taxi-out and taxi-in (monthly)

Average taxi-out 14 min · taxi-in 8.3 min over the last 24 reported months (U.S. airport mean taxi-out ≈ 16.4 min).

12 min13 min14 min15 min16 min Jan 24Dec 25 14.5 min 14.4 min ▼ -0.7%

AZA's average taxi-out (14 min) sits near the recent U.S. airport mean (~16.4 min). Month-to-month, it swings from 12.9 min (July 2025) to 15.2 min (February 2025).

Cancellation & Diversion Analysis

Flight disruption statistics for Phoenix, AZ.

Cancellation Rate

1.24%

870 of 70,097 flights

Diversion Rate

0.20%

140 of 70,097 flights

Delay Rate

21.3%

14,946 of 70,097 flights

Top Routes from AZA

Busiest routes to and from Phoenix, AZ.

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Route Flights On-Time Distance
PVU (Provo) → AZA (Phoenix) 3,602 76.7% 477 mi
AZA (Phoenix) → PVU (Provo) 3,593 73.3% 477 mi
AZA (Phoenix) → FSD (Sioux Falls) 870 84% 1,072 mi
FSD (Sioux Falls) → AZA (Phoenix) 870 76.3% 1,072 mi
FAR (Fargo) → AZA (Phoenix) 714 80.5% 1,220 mi
AZA (Phoenix) → FAR (Fargo) 712 85.5% 1,220 mi

Nationwide peers by on-time rate & flight volume

Two PlainFlights-derived comparison paths for Phoenix, AZ, both outside Arizona so the neighborhoods are not same-state geography. Axes stay disjoint: volume peers exclude the on-time peer set. Same-state compare stays below.

Similar on-time rate

Nearest out-of-state BTS on-time rate (this airport: 78.7%).

Martha's Vineyard, MA

Martha's Vineyard, MA

78.8% on-time 11,280 flights

Dallas/Fort Worth, TX

Dallas/Fort Worth, TX

78.5% on-time 3,395,134 flights

Denver, CO

Denver, CO

78.9% on-time 3,293,040 flights

Rockford, IL

Rockford, IL

78.9% on-time 9,512 flights

Similar flight volume

Nearest out-of-state total flights (this airport: 70,097).

Manchester, NH

Manchester, NH

69,564 flights 82.3% on-time

Lubbock, TX

Lubbock, TX

69,433 flights 82% on-time

Columbia, SC

Columbia, SC

67,973 flights 84.3% on-time

South Bend, IN

South Bend, IN

72,322 flights 81.5% on-time

Other Airports in Arizona

Compare performance with other Arizona airports.

PHX 81.7%

Phoenix, AZ

Phoenix · 2,030,209 flights
TUS 83.8%

Tucson, AZ

Tucson · 200,641 flights
FLG 85.8%

Flagstaff, AZ

Flagstaff · 22,330 flights
YUM 86.8%

Yuma, AZ

Yuma · 20,032 flights
PRC 82.5%

Prescott, AZ

Prescott · 9,056 flights

AZA delay-share reading

The standout signal at Phoenix, AZ is the delay mix: Carrier owns 46.0% of 412,094 delay minutes across 70,097 BTS flights. The on-time headline is 78.7% (0.3 pts below the 79% national average), with 14,946 delayed and 870 cancelled (1.24%).

Delay minutes concentrate in Carrier (29.4% late-aircraft, 46.0% carrier, 14.7% NAS, 9.2% weather, 0.7% security). As a busy airport, that mix matters more for connection planning than for a thin schedule.

On the multi-year calendar, AZA is strongest in May (93.4% on-time) and weakest in December (87.8%), a 5.6-point swing. Volume peaks in March (~1,428 flights/month). The busiest connecting route is to PVU (Provo) at 76.7% on-time. Field definitions: on-time performance explained.

Statewide aggregates for Arizona: Arizona flight data.

Data Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025). Statistics reflect cumulative performance across all available reporting periods. On-time rates exclude cancelled and diverted flights.

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Using AZA's data

AZA's on-time book sits in the slower half of the BTS set; check the delay mix and the worst month before treating the headline as typical.

  • Check the busiest route from AZA before you book a connection. See top routes
  • Travel in May rather than December if your dates are flexible. Seasonal patterns
  • Gate-to-wheels taxi-out averages 14 min here; check the monthly series before a tight connection. Taxi times

On-time rate reflects the BTS historical average across all reporting carriers at this airport, not any single flight or airline.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) On-Time Performance data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainFlights

Source: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) Airline on-time performance and operational reliability · 2025

Every figure on PlainFlights is rendered directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no number is typed in by an editor. Airport figures are computed directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.