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Airport · PHX · Phoenix, Arizona

Phoenix, AZ

According to PlainFlights' airport traffic ranking (BTS On-Time Performance total flights), Phoenix, AZ (PHX) ranks #7 of 382 tracked US airports by total flights (most flights = #1). Phoenix, AZ posts below-median on-time performance among the 382 tracked U.S. airports, as one of the busiest U.S. airports.

Data updated 2026-06-13

81.7%
On-time
Top 70%
on-time, US airports
71 min
Delay when late
0.77%
Cancelled
#7 of 382
Corpus placement
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PHX on-time rate vs. the national average

Ahead of the U.S. average across all 382 tracked airports.

0%100%U.S. average79%81.7%

Delay Cause Breakdown

Top delay cause: Late Aircraft. Total delay minutes: 11,045,046.

Late Aircraft 44.7% (4,938,816 min)
Carrier 39.1% (4,315,213 min)
NAS (National Aviation System) 13.7% (1,512,272 min)
Weather 2.3% (257,295 min)
Security 0.2% (21,450 min)

PHX - seasonal on-time pattern

Best: January (92.4%) · worst: July (87.3%)

86%88%90%92%94% JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 89.7%

PHX - on-time rate by year

2020–2025, year-over-year trend.

85%90%95%100% 202020212022202320242025 96% 89.5% ▼ -6.8%

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

Average taxi-out 15.9 min · taxi-in 7.4 min over the last 24 reported months (U.S. airport mean taxi-out ≈ 16.4 min).

14 min15 min16 min17 min18 min Jan 24Dec 25 15.9 min 16.8 min ▲ +5.7%

PHX's average taxi-out (15.9 min) sits near the recent U.S. airport mean (~16.4 min). Month-to-month, it swings from 14.6 min (July 2025) to 17.1 min (October 2025).

Cancellation & Diversion Analysis

Flight disruption statistics for Phoenix, AZ.

Cancellation Rate

0.77%

15,535 of 2,030,209 flights

Diversion Rate

0.12%

2,351 of 2,030,209 flights

Delay Rate

18.3%

372,174 of 2,030,209 flights

Top Routes from PHX

Busiest routes to and from Phoenix, AZ.

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Route Flights On-Time Distance
PHX (Phoenix) → DEN (Denver) 49,558 80.7% 602 mi
DEN (Denver) → PHX (Phoenix) 49,508 77.8% 602 mi
LAX (Los Angeles) → PHX (Phoenix) 40,246 83.7% 370 mi
PHX (Phoenix) → LAX (Los Angeles) 40,241 85% 370 mi
PHX (Phoenix) → SEA (Seattle) 38,561 84.3% 1,107 mi
SEA (Seattle) → PHX (Phoenix) 38,549 82.3% 1,107 mi
PHX (Phoenix) → LAS (Las Vegas) 35,224 78.9% 255 mi
LAS (Las Vegas) → PHX (Phoenix) 35,193 79.1% 255 mi
ORD (Chicago) → PHX (Phoenix) 31,113 80.3% 1,440 mi
PHX (Phoenix) → ORD (Chicago) 31,100 83% 1,440 mi
SLC (Salt Lake City) → PHX (Phoenix) 30,395 83.2% 507 mi
PHX (Phoenix) → SLC (Salt Lake City) 30,355 84.5% 507 mi
PHX (Phoenix) → SAN (San Diego) 28,975 80.2% 304 mi
SAN (San Diego) → PHX (Phoenix) 28,929 81.9% 304 mi
PHX (Phoenix) → DFW (Dallas/Fort Worth) 26,297 82.8% 868 mi
DFW (Dallas/Fort Worth) → PHX (Phoenix) 26,288 74.7% 868 mi
PHX (Phoenix) → SFO (San Francisco) 24,798 78.5% 651 mi
SFO (San Francisco) → PHX (Phoenix) 24,676 82% 651 mi
SNA (Santa Ana) → PHX (Phoenix) 23,628 83.2% 338 mi
PHX (Phoenix) → SNA (Santa Ana) 23,622 83.1% 338 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: 81.7%).

Oakland, CA

Oakland, CA

81.7% on-time 472,036 flights

San Antonio, TX

San Antonio, TX

81.7% on-time 419,736 flights

Panama City, FL

Panama City, FL

81.7% on-time 93,692 flights

Springfield, MO

Springfield, MO

81.7% on-time 92,073 flights

Similar flight volume

Nearest out-of-state total flights (this airport: 2,030,209).

Las Vegas, NV

Las Vegas, NV

1,986,833 flights 78% on-time

Los Angeles, CA

Los Angeles, CA

2,137,032 flights 82.8% on-time

Seattle, WA

Seattle, WA

1,871,155 flights 83.1% on-time

Orlando, FL

Orlando, FL

1,718,833 flights 76.7% on-time

Other Airports in Arizona

Compare performance with other Arizona airports.

TUS 83.8%

Tucson, AZ

Tucson · 200,641 flights
AZA 78.7%

Phoenix, AZ

Phoenix · 70,097 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

PHX delay-share reading

The standout signal at Phoenix, AZ is traffic scale: 2,030,209 BTS flights (2020–2025) place it #7 of 382 by book size. That busy-book footprint sits beside a 81.7% on-time rate (2.7 pts above the 79% national flight-weighted average), 372,174 delayed departures, and 15,535 cancellations (0.77% of the book).

Delay minutes concentrate in Late Aircraft (44.7% late-aircraft, 39.1% carrier, 13.7% NAS, 2.3% weather, 0.2% security). As a busy airport, that mix matters more for connection planning than for a thin schedule.

On the multi-year calendar, PHX is strongest in January (92.4% on-time) and weakest in July (87.3%), a 5.1-point swing. Volume peaks in March (~32,437 flights/month). The busiest connecting route is to DEN (Denver) at 80.7% 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 PHX's data

PHX'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 PHX before you book a connection. See top routes
  • Travel in January rather than July if your dates are flexible. Seasonal patterns
  • Gate-to-wheels taxi-out averages 15.9 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.