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Airport · PSP · Palm Springs, California

Palm Springs, CA

According to PlainFlights' airport traffic ranking (BTS On-Time Performance total flights), Palm Springs, CA (PSP) ranks #84 of 382 tracked US airports by total flights (most flights = #1). Palm Springs, CA posts above-median on-time performance among the 382 tracked U.S. airports, as a high-volume U.S. airport.

Data updated 2026-06-13

83.7%
On-time
Top 46%
on-time, US airports
71 min
Delay when late
0.87%
Cancelled
#84 of 382
Corpus placement
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PSP on-time rate vs. the national average

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

0%100%U.S. average79%83.7%

Delay Cause Breakdown

Top delay cause: Carrier. Total delay minutes: 902,737.

Late Aircraft 34.7% (313,511 min)
Carrier 40.0% (361,344 min)
NAS (National Aviation System) 20.6% (185,711 min)
Weather 4.4% (39,785 min)
Security 0.3% (2,386 min)

PSP - seasonal on-time pattern

Best: September (93.9%) · worst: December (90.8%)

90%91%92%93%94%95% JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 90.8%

PSP - on-time rate by year

2020–2025, year-over-year trend.

90%92%94%96% 202020212022202320242025 95.5% 91.3% ▼ -4.4%

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

Average taxi-out 16.8 min · taxi-in 6.6 min over the last 24 reported months (U.S. airport mean taxi-out ≈ 16.4 min).

15 min16 min17 min18 min19 min Jan 24Dec 25 16.4 min 17.1 min ▲ +4.3%

PSP's average taxi-out (16.8 min) sits near the recent U.S. airport mean (~16.4 min). Month-to-month, it swings from 15.5 min (May 2024) to 18.1 min (November 2025).

Cancellation & Diversion Analysis

Flight disruption statistics for Palm Springs, CA.

Cancellation Rate

0.87%

1,395 of 159,999 flights

Diversion Rate

0.12%

192 of 159,999 flights

Delay Rate

16.3%

26,083 of 159,999 flights

Top Routes from PSP

Busiest routes to and from Palm Springs, CA.

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Route Flights On-Time Distance
PSP (Palm Springs) → SFO (San Francisco) 14,385 79.5% 421 mi
SFO (San Francisco) → PSP (Palm Springs) 14,352 83.5% 421 mi
PSP (Palm Springs) → PHX (Phoenix) 10,035 84.5% 261 mi
PHX (Phoenix) → PSP (Palm Springs) 10,033 83.9% 261 mi
DEN (Denver) → PSP (Palm Springs) 9,569 78.3% 776 mi
PSP (Palm Springs) → DEN (Denver) 9,565 84% 776 mi
SEA (Seattle) → PSP (Palm Springs) 9,562 85.4% 987 mi
PSP (Palm Springs) → SEA (Seattle) 9,558 86.8% 987 mi
PSP (Palm Springs) → SLC (Salt Lake City) 6,002 93.3% 541 mi
SLC (Salt Lake City) → PSP (Palm Springs) 6,002 90.5% 541 mi
DFW (Dallas/Fort Worth) → PSP (Palm Springs) 5,704 76.9% 1,126 mi
PSP (Palm Springs) → DFW (Dallas/Fort Worth) 5,704 84.7% 1,126 mi
OAK (Oakland) → PSP (Palm Springs) 3,062 82% 418 mi
PSP (Palm Springs) → OAK (Oakland) 3,053 84.7% 418 mi
PSP (Palm Springs) → PDX (Portland) 2,979 88.3% 873 mi
PDX (Portland) → PSP (Palm Springs) 2,949 87.2% 873 mi
ORD (Chicago) → PSP (Palm Springs) 2,939 81% 1,651 mi
PSP (Palm Springs) → ORD (Chicago) 2,938 83.5% 1,651 mi
LAS (Las Vegas) → PSP (Palm Springs) 2,928 71.7% 173 mi
PSP (Palm Springs) → LAS (Las Vegas) 2,925 74.5% 173 mi

Nationwide peers by on-time rate & flight volume

Two PlainFlights-derived comparison paths for Palm Springs, CA, both outside California 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: 83.7%).

Atlanta, GA

Atlanta, GA

83.7% on-time 3,758,561 flights

Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton, PA

Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton, PA

83.7% on-time 48,496 flights

Tucson, AZ

Tucson, AZ

83.8% on-time 200,641 flights

Harlingen/San Benito, TX

Harlingen/San Benito, TX

83.8% on-time 44,120 flights

Similar flight volume

Nearest out-of-state total flights (this airport: 159,999).

Providence, RI

Providence, RI

160,073 flights 81.2% on-time

Knoxville, TN

Knoxville, TN

157,494 flights 81.9% on-time

Lihue, HI

Lihue, HI

162,570 flights 86.7% on-time

Greer, SC

Greer, SC

155,526 flights 83.5% on-time

Other Airports in California

Compare performance with other California airports.

LAX 82.8%

Los Angeles, CA

Los Angeles · 2,137,032 flights
SFO 81%

San Francisco, CA

San Francisco · 1,466,784 flights
SAN 80.8%

San Diego, CA

San Diego · 973,807 flights
SMF 82.7%

Sacramento, CA

Sacramento · 592,833 flights
SJC 84.2%

San Jose, CA

San Jose · 546,547 flights
SNA 82.5%

Santa Ana, CA

Santa Ana · 482,186 flights
OAK 81.7%

Oakland, CA

Oakland · 472,036 flights
BUR 82.4%

Burbank, CA

Burbank · 319,148 flights

PSP delay-share reading

The standout signal at Palm Springs, CA is the delay mix: Carrier owns 40.0% of 902,737 delay minutes across 159,999 BTS flights. The on-time headline is 83.7% (4.7 pts above the 79% national average), with 26,083 delayed and 1,395 cancelled (0.87%).

Delay minutes concentrate in Carrier (34.7% late-aircraft, 40.0% carrier, 20.6% NAS, 4.4% weather, 0.3% security). As a busy airport, that mix matters more for connection planning than for a thin schedule.

On the multi-year calendar, PSP is strongest in September (93.9% on-time) and weakest in December (90.8%), a 3.1-point swing. Volume peaks in March (~3,290 flights/month). The busiest connecting route is to SFO (San Francisco) at 79.5% on-time. Field definitions: on-time performance explained.

Statewide aggregates for California: California 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 PSP's data

PSP's on-time book is mid-pack; month and delay-cause mix move more than the headline rate.

  • Check the busiest route from PSP before you book a connection. See top routes
  • Travel in September rather than December if your dates are flexible. Seasonal patterns
  • Gate-to-wheels taxi-out averages 16.8 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.