Regional operator · on-time record
OH
PSA Airlines
- Flights
- 241,957
- Period
- July 2025 to June 2026
- Airports
- 25
- US rank
- #9 by volume
PSA Airlines carries a cancellation problem, not just a delay problem: 4.3% of scheduled flights never operate, against 1.8% nationally. Of the ones that do fly, close to three flights in four arrive on time, worth a C− overall. The punctuality figure counts only flights that actually departed, so it flatters an operation that cancels this often. That rests on 241,957 flights, of which Savannah (SAV) flew 3,190 at 83.7% on time.
Savannah (SAV) is the most reliable of the 25 airports covered here at 83.7% on time across 3,190 flights.
PSA Airlines flies under mainline brands rather than selling tickets in its own name, so a flight in this record may have been booked as American, Delta or United. The DOT reports it under the operating carrier, which is why it appears here separately.
Key figures
On time
74.6%
National average is 77.6%
Avg delay
94 min
Across delayed flights only
Cancelled
4.34%
National rate is 1.81%
Largest base
DCA
39,988 departures, 67.7% on time
These figures cover 242,000 flights between July 2025 and June 2026. Beyond the headline rate, 11.3% of arrivals land a full hour or more behind schedule. That is the number that wrecks a connection, and it is not visible in an on-time percentage alone.
Airport by airport
Where PSA Airlines runs well, and where it does not
The choice of airport is not cosmetic here. Savannah (SAV) arrives on time 83.7% of the time; Chicago (ORD) manages 59.9%. Sample sizes sit next to every figure, because a two-point gap across 3,385 flights means less than a ten-point one.
| Airport | Flights | On time | Avg delay | Cancelled | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DCA · Washington | 39,988 | 67.7% | 79 min | 5.71% | C− |
| CLT · Charlotte | 39,317 | 77.6% | 69 min | 2.39% | B |
| DFW · Dallas-Fort Worth | 22,542 | 74.1% | 91 min | 4.37% | C− |
| PHL · Philadelphia | 16,653 | 75.6% | 88 min | 4.36% | B− |
| DAY · Dayton | 4,741 | 78.5% | 102 min | 2.70% | B |
| BHM · Birmingham | 3,722 | 79.1% | 114 min | 3.57% | B− |
| ORD · Chicago | 3,385 | 59.9% | 131 min | 6.79% | D− |
| ATL · Atlanta | 3,218 | 79.4% | 109 min | 4.72% | B− |
| SAV · Savannah | 3,190 | 83.7% | 103 min | 3.20% | B− |
| TYS · Knoxville | 3,023 | 71.8% | 116 min | 4.60% | C− |
| ORF · Norfolk | 2,929 | 74.6% | 102 min | 3.00% | C |
| GSP · Greer | 2,850 | 78.9% | 94 min | 3.09% | B− |
| CVG · Cincinnati | 2,837 | 73.5% | 110 min | 3.60% | C− |
| HPN · White Plains | 2,705 | 69.4% | 105 min | 5.14% | C− |
| PNS · Pensacola | 2,610 | 76.7% | 143 min | 3.60% | B− |
| BTR · Baton Rouge | 2,448 | 79.2% | 120 min | 3.84% | B− |
| CLE · Cleveland | 2,342 | 69.9% | 108 min | 8.03% | C− |
| BTV · Burlington | 2,177 | 74.0% | 118 min | 4.87% | C− |
| CAK · Akron | 2,105 | 74.6% | 106 min | 3.99% | C− |
| HSV · Huntsville | 2,065 | 74.0% | 119 min | 3.97% | C− |
| LEX · Lexington | 2,057 | 82.8% | 88 min | 2.87% | B |
| MHT · Manchester | 2,025 | 75.3% | 99 min | 4.99% | B− |
| SDF · Louisville | 2,012 | 77.5% | 116 min | 3.88% | B− |
| DTW · Detroit | 1,823 | 74.1% | 111 min | 5.81% | C− |
| CHS · Charleston | 1,823 | 74.4% | 117 min | 4.61% | C− |
Cleveland (CLE) cancels 8.0% of what it schedules here, the highest in the table. A cancelled flight never appears in an on-time rate, so read that column alongside the punctuality one rather than after it.
Route by route
Busiest PSA Airlines routes
These are the 25 routes PSA Airlines flies most often, each against its network-wide 74.6%. Route-level variation inside a single airline is routinely wider than the gap between two airlines nationally.
| Route | Flights | On time | Avg delay | Cancelled | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLT to SAV | 1,450 | 78.4% | 69 min | 2.07% | B |
| SAV to CLT | 1,446 | 87.3% | 83 min | 2.21% | A |
| DFW to BTR | 1,438 | 75.7% | 95 min | 4.24% | B− |
| BTR to DFW | 1,438 | 76.3% | 120 min | 4.45% | B− |
| CLE to DCA | 1,434 | 66.6% | 104 min | 8.51% | C− |
| DCA to CLE | 1,433 | 64.4% | 79 min | 8.03% | D− |
| CLT to CAK | 1,400 | 71.7% | 75 min | 1.79% | C |
| CAK to CLT | 1,400 | 80.7% | 111 min | 2.14% | B |
| CLT to LEX | 1,384 | 78.3% | 60 min | 1.88% | B |
| LEX to CLT | 1,383 | 83.7% | 86 min | 2.02% | B |
| DAY to DFW | 1,362 | 79.0% | 87 min | 2.28% | B |
| DFW to DAY | 1,362 | 75.4% | 86 min | 2.50% | B |
| DCA to HPN | 1,362 | 62.5% | 82 min | 6.17% | D− |
| HPN to DCA | 1,359 | 62.9% | 100 min | 6.11% | D− |
| HPN to CLT | 1,346 | 75.8% | 113 min | 4.16% | B− |
| CLT to HPN | 1,343 | 74.4% | 74 min | 2.76% | C |
| DAY to CLT | 1,341 | 82.6% | 103 min | 1.34% | B |
| CLT to DAY | 1,340 | 74.6% | 80 min | 1.27% | C |
| ATL to CLT | 1,311 | 81.8% | 95 min | 2.44% | B |
| CLT to ATL | 1,310 | 78.2% | 66 min | 2.37% | B |
| DFW to CHA | 1,242 | 72.5% | 91 min | 3.22% | C− |
| CHA to DFW | 1,239 | 79.0% | 109 min | 3.47% | B− |
| PNS to CLT | 1,192 | 82.4% | 153 min | 2.43% | B |
| CLT to PNS | 1,191 | 73.7% | 75 min | 2.18% | C |
| CRW to CLT | 1,158 | 79.4% | 88 min | 3.28% | B− |
Departure window
The best time of day to fly PSA Airlines
Departure time matters more here than the choice of airport. The gap between the best and worst window is 21 points, against 24 points between the best and worst airport. Each bar is the on-time rate for flights scheduled inside that window.
- 5am–8am37,258 flights86.1%
- 8am–11am44,842 flights81.8%
- 11am–2pm45,485 flights76.7%
- 2pm–5pm44,446 flights69.6%
- 5pm–8pm42,946 flights64.9%
- 8pm–5am26,980 flights66.5%
Scale runs 55% to 90%. Rows with fewer than 30 flights show a dash.
The 5pm–8pm window is where this operation falls apart: 64.9% on time, against 86.1% for the 5am–8am slot. By evening the aircraft flying these rotations have absorbed a full day of small delays and there is no slack left to recover in. The 11am–2pm window is the busiest, with 45,485 flights scheduled in it.
Across the year
PSA Airlines through the calendar
PSA's year swings by 19 points from best month to worst, which is wide. An annual average tells you very little about the week you are actually flying, so read the strip rather than the headline if your dates are fixed.
December is the weak month at 64.4% on time, against 83.7% in September. Winter delays cluster: a single storm system can account for most of a month's shortfall, so an average December hides both very good weeks and genuinely unflyable days. July was the busiest month here, with 21,214 flights.
Across the week, Tuesday is the strongest day at 77.0% on time and Sunday the weakest at 71.5%. 6 points is a smaller lever than departure hour, but it is free.
Delay causes
What holds PSA Airlines up
One category carries most of the weight here. Late-arriving aircraft accounts for 50% of the 5.51 million delay minutes carriers reported, and the remaining four split what is left. The split is by minutes rather than by flights, so a few very long delays count for as much as many short ones.
- 50%Late-arriving aircraft
- 29%Carrier
- 13%National Airspace System
- 8%Extreme weather
- 0%Security
50% of delay minutes trace back to a late-arriving aircraft, meaning the plane was already behind before it got here. That is a cascade, and cascades start small and grow through the day. Across 5.51 million reported delay minutes here, that single category outweighs weather by 6 to one. It is the strongest argument for booking the first departure of the morning, when the aircraft has been sitting at the gate overnight with nothing to inherit. The split is drawn from 5,507,068 reported delay minutes.
The practical consequence: the 5am–8am departure is the one that starts clean. Its aircraft has no earlier leg to be late from, which is exactly why that window shows 86.1% on time here.
Cancellations run at 4.34%, against 1.81% nationally. That is about one flight in 25 cancelled outright. A cancelled flight is invisible in every on-time figure on this page, so the punctuality numbers above describe only the flights that actually operated.
For anyone connecting, the number to weigh is not the on-time rate but the tail behind it. 11.3% of arrivals land a full hour or more behind schedule, against 8.1% nationally. A 45-minute layover does not survive that, and no amount of walking quickly changes it. Ninety minutes is the honest minimum here, and two hours if the onward flight is on a separate ticket.
241,957 flights sit behind these numbers, which is a large enough sample that the headline rate is not moving on noise. Where a sub-group falls below 30 flights the site shows a dash instead of a percentage.
What to do with this
Booking PSA Airlines
Put together: the delay figures matter less here than the 4.34% cancellation rate. A late arrival costs you an hour and a half; a cancelled flight costs you the day. Book the 5am–8am departure so there is still a schedule behind you if it goes wrong, and treat a same-day connection as optimistic. 230,771 completed flights over 12 months sit behind that.
Common questions
PSA Airlines reliability questions
How often is PSA Airlines delayed?
About one flight in four arrive at least 15 minutes late, which is the Department of Transportation's definition of a delayed arrival. That works out to 25.4% of the 241,957 flights in this analysis, against 22.4% nationally. Delayed flights are late by an hour and a half on average.
Which airport does PSA Airlines run best from?
Savannah (SAV) leads at 83.7% on time across 3,190 flights. Chicago (ORD) is at the other end on 59.9%, a gap of 24 points. Sample size matters as much as the percentage: a rate built from a few hundred flights moves around far more than one built from ten thousand.
What time of day has the fewest delays on PSA Airlines?
The 5am–8am departure window is the strongest at 86.1% on time. The 5pm–8pm window is the weakest at 64.9%, 21 points behind. Later departures inherit delays from earlier flights the same aircraft has already flown, which is why the curve slopes the way it does.
How bad are December delays on PSA Airlines?
December is the weakest month at 64.4% on time, compared with 83.7% in September. Across the year that is 19 points between the best and worst months. Moving flexible dates out of that month is one of the few things that reliably helps.
Related
Where to go next
- PSA Airlines at DCA — Washington67.7%
- PSA Airlines at CLT — Charlotte77.6%
- PSA Airlines at DFW — Dallas-Fort Worth74.1%
- PSA Airlines at PHL — Philadelphia75.6%
- Chicago O'Hare International (ORD) delay statistics59.9%
- CLT to SAV route record78.4%
- SAV to CLT route record87.3%
- DFW to BTR route record75.7%
- BTR to DFW route record76.3%
- Why the first flight of the morning is statistically safest
- The best time of day to fly, according to 7.04 million flight records
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, on-time performance data, July 2025 to June 2026. Updated monthly. How this data is collected.