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Phoenix (PHX) departure delays

15,685 departures · 107 routes · February 2026 – July 2026

69.61%

Left on time

Within 15 minutes of schedule

0.43%

Cancelled

Share of departures

59 min

When late, late by

Average delayed departure

#94

Rank

Among graded US airports

What the record says about PHX

Departures from Phoenix run late more often than average — enough that a tight connection at the far end deserves a second look.

The airlines flying from here are not equally affected. Delta Air Lines left on time 24.5 points more often than Southwest Airlines from the same airport — which is the clearest evidence available that a delayed departure is not purely the airport's fault.

With 40 routes in the record, PHX is a hub, and hubs carry a particular risk: a delay early in the day propagates through every aircraft that was due to fly on afterwards. Morning departures from a hub are reliably better than evening ones.

Which airlines run best out of PHX

Airline Departures On time
Delta Air Lines 835 87.7%
Alaska Airlines 392 84.8%
Envoy Air 1,035 80.5%
Frontier Airlines 537 78.8%
SkyWest Airlines 2,041 75.9%
United Airlines 682 74.5%
American Airlines 5,201 74.2%
British Airways 545 69.1%
Southwest Airlines 5,220 63.2%

Routes out of PHX

PHX → LHR London 820 flights · 70.17% on time D PHX → DEN Denver 676 flights · 69.39% on time D PHX → LAX Los Angeles 594 flights · 77.33% on time C PHX → SEA Seattle 570 flights · 77.64% on time B PHX → SAN San Diego 520 flights · 61.82% on time F PHX → LAS Las Vegas 474 flights · 70.79% on time C PHX → DFW Dallas/Fort Worth 465 flights · 75.4% on time D PHX → SLC Salt Lake City 435 flights · 79.31% on time B PHX → ORD Chicago 414 flights · 68.16% on time D PHX → SNA Santa Ana 403 flights · 74.88% on time C PHX → SFO San Francisco 383 flights · 37.34% on time F PHX → TUS Tucson 325 flights · 74.3% on time C PHX → PDX Portland 304 flights · 69.08% on time D PHX → ATL Atlanta 288 flights · 78.13% on time B PHX → SMF Sacramento 271 flights · 71.85% on time C PHX → BUR Burbank 268 flights · 77.99% on time B PHX → JFK New York 257 flights · 78.88% on time B PHX → ABQ Albuquerque 240 flights · 61.67% on time D PHX → CLT Charlotte 239 flights · 88.56% on time A PHX → IAH Houston 234 flights · 75.22% on time C PHX → AUS Austin 233 flights · 64.19% on time D PHX → MDW Chicago 229 flights · 61.4% on time D PHX → DAL Dallas 226 flights · 64.86% on time D PHX → ONT Ontario 224 flights · 68.92% on time D PHX → SJC San Jose 218 flights · 67.74% on time D PHX → PHL Philadelphia 208 flights · 84.95% on time A PHX → MSP Minneapolis 207 flights · 88.89% on time A PHX → RNO Reno 203 flights · 69.31% on time D PHX → SAT San Antonio 201 flights · 72.36% on time C PHX → EWR Newark 200 flights · 79% on time B PHX → BNA Nashville 198 flights · 61.93% on time — PHX → DTW Detroit 198 flights · 76.41% on time — PHX → ELP El Paso 193 flights · 60.62% on time — PHX → MCI Kansas City 183 flights · 73.08% on time — PHX → BOI Boise 171 flights · 70.18% on time — PHX → OAK Oakland 169 flights · 64.29% on time — PHX → STL St. Louis 166 flights · 67.7% on time — PHX → HOU Houston 158 flights · 61.15% on time — PHX → OKC Oklahoma City 151 flights · 73.51% on time — PHX → MIA Miami 150 flights · 71.33% on time —