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FAR vs AZA - Airport Comparison

Select two airports to compare on-time performance, delays, cancellations, and top routes using U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) data (2020–2025) across all 50 states. See our methodology for how metrics are computed.

Airport A
FAR

Fargo, ND

Fargo, North Dakota

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Airport B
AZA

Phoenix, AZ

Phoenix, Arizona

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Key Performance Metrics

BTS on-time performance data, 2020–2025 cumulative.

Metric FAR AZA
On-Time Rate (higher is better) 82.6% 78.7%
Avg Delay (lower is better) 88.0 min 74.9 min
Delay Rate (lower is better) 17.4% 21.3%
Cancellation Rate (lower is better) 1.29% 1.24%
Total Flights 74,155 70,097
Delayed Flights 12,923 14,946
Cancelled Flights 959 870
Top Delay Cause Carrier Carrier

✓ / ▲ indicates the more favorable value. Data: BTS On-Time Performance, 2020–2025.

Delay Cause Breakdown

FAR - Fargo, ND

Carrier 42.5%
Late Aircraft 27.2%
NAS 15.6%
Weather 14.6%
Security 0.1%

AZA - Phoenix, AZ

Carrier 46.0%
Late Aircraft 29.4%
NAS 14.7%
Weather 9.2%
Security 0.7%

Top Routes

Top routes from FAR

Route Flights On-Time
MSP → FAR
Fargo
10,106 85.1%
FAR → MSP
Minneapolis
10,104 87.2%
FAR → ORD
Chicago
8,966 79.1%
ORD → FAR
Fargo
8,945 77.6%
DEN → FAR
Fargo
8,183 79.9%
FAR → DEN
Denver
8,157 79%

Top routes from AZA

Route Flights On-Time
PVU → AZA
Phoenix
3,602 76.7%
AZA → PVU
Provo
3,593 73.3%
AZA → FSD
Sioux Falls
870 84%
FSD → AZA
Phoenix
870 76.3%
FAR → AZA
Phoenix
714 80.5%
AZA → FAR
Fargo
712 85.5%

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025) Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025) On-time rates exclude cancelled and diverted flights. PlainFlights is not affiliated with BTS or the DOT

Every figure on PlainFlights is rendered directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no number is typed in by an editor. This tool queries live on-time, delay, and cancellation figures for the two selected airports from the dataset. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.