Airport month record
PHXJUL
Phoenix Sky Harbor International in July 2026
- Departures
- 16,096
- Month
- July 2026
- National, same month
- 71.7%
- Carriers
- 9
Historical statistics for July 2026, not live status or a forecast for this year’s July. For today’s conditions at PHX, see live FAA status.
PHX in July sits in the middle of the pack with a C+. About seven flights in ten arrive on time by the DOT's definition, 2 points worse than the national rate of 71.7%. The late ones land a little over an hour behind schedule. That rests on 16,096 flights, of which Delta Air Lines flew 865 at 83.2% on time.
Delta Air Lines is the most reliable of the eight carriers covered here at 83.2% on time across 865 flights.
Key figures
On time
70.0%
Arrivals under 15 minutes late, of 15,868 completed departures
Avg delay
69 min
Across delayed arrivals only, not all flights
Cancelled
0.89%
Nationally in July: 2.62%
Whole year
77.9%
PHX across all twelve months
These figures cover 16,096 departures from Phoenix Sky Harbor International in July 2026. On time means an arrival less than 15 minutes after the scheduled gate time, the DOT's threshold, and the national comparison uses every US departure in the same month rather than the whole year.
Against the year
July next to PHX's other months
Against PHX's own year, July ran 8 points worse than the twelve-month rate of 77.9%, which makes it the worst of the twelve months in the data. Either side of it, June ran 72.4% on time and August 75.2%, so a trip moved by a few weeks would have landed in a better stretch.
| Month | Flights | On time | Avg delay | Cancelled | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2025 | 13,772 | 83.0% | 74 min | 1.09% | B |
| October 2025 | 16,620 | 78.8% | 59 min | 0.21% | B+ |
| November 2025 | 16,887 | 78.0% | 63 min | 2.21% | B |
| December 2025 | 17,689 | 78.4% | 59 min | 0.50% | B+ |
| January 2026 | 16,564 | 81.6% | 64 min | 2.34% | B |
| February 2026 | 15,656 | 83.4% | 58 min | 0.71% | B+ |
| March 2026 | 19,277 | 76.8% | 65 min | 0.92% | B+ |
| April 2026 | 17,679 | 80.8% | 57 min | 0.29% | B+ |
| May 2026 | 17,337 | 77.0% | 58 min | 0.30% | B+ |
| June 2026 | 15,685 | 72.4% | 65 min | 0.43% | C+ |
| July 2026 (this page) | 16,096 | 70.0% | 69 min | 0.89% | C+ |
| August 2026 | 14,757 | 75.2% | 65 min | 0.54% | B+ |
Departure window
The best time of day to leave PHX in July
Departure time matters more here than the choice of carrier. The gap between the best and worst window is 35 points, against 17 points between the best and worst carrier.
- 5am–8am2,025 flights89.3%
- 8am–11am4,046 flights78.9%
- 11am–2pm2,333 flights72.8%
- 2pm–5pm2,864 flights62.0%
- 5pm–8pm2,320 flights54.8%
- 8pm–5am2,508 flights60.4%
Scale runs 45% to 95%.
The 5pm–8pm window is where this operation falls apart: 54.8% on time, against 89.3% 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 8am–11am window is the busiest, with 4,046 flights scheduled in it.
Across the week, Wednesday is the strongest day at 73.5% on time and Monday the weakest at 65.0%, a spread of 9 points.
Carrier by carrier
Which airlines ran best at PHX in July
The choice of carrier is not cosmetic here. Delta Air Lines arrives on time 83.2% of the time; Southwest Airlines manages 65.8%. Sample sizes sit next to every figure, because a two-point gap across 5,224 flights means less than a ten-point one.
| Airline | Flights | On time | Avg delay | Cancelled | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines | 5,224 | 65.8% | 52 min | 0.40% | C+ |
| American Airlines | 5,070 | 66.9% | 80 min | 1.08% | C |
| SkyWest Airlines | 2,030 | 76.0% | 84 min | 0.89% | B+ |
| Envoy Air | 1,133 | 79.0% | 55 min | 0.00% | B+ |
| Delta Air Lines | 865 | 83.2% | 87 min | 1.97% | B |
| United Airlines | 736 | 70.2% | 93 min | 2.04% | C |
| Frontier Airlines | 555 | 72.2% | 83 min | 1.80% | C |
| Alaska Airlines | 434 | 75.4% | 48 min | 0.23% | B+ |
| JetBlue Airwaysthin sample | 31 | 66.7% | 35 min | 22.58% | C− |
The spread between Delta and Southwest is 17 points, wide enough that it should decide the booking. On a hundred trips that is 17 more arrivals inside the on-time window.
Route by route
Busiest routes out of PHX in July
| Route | Flights | On time | Avg delay | Cancelled | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PHX to DEN · Denver | 682 | 66.0% | 75 min | 1.03% | C |
| PHX to LAX · Los Angeles | 616 | 75.9% | 61 min | 0.32% | B+ |
| PHX to SEA · Seattle | 578 | 78.5% | 56 min | 0.52% | B+ |
| PHX to SAN · San Diego | 542 | 58.1% | 58 min | 1.29% | D |
| PHX to LAS · Las Vegas | 489 | 70.5% | 86 min | 1.43% | C |
| PHX to DFW · Dallas-Fort Worth | 479 | 73.1% | 68 min | 1.25% | C |
| PHX to SLC · Salt Lake City | 447 | 80.8% | 75 min | 0.67% | B+ |
| PHX to ORD · Chicago | 433 | 70.7% | 90 min | 2.77% | C |
| PHX to SNA · Santa Ana | 411 | 72.3% | 68 min | 0.73% | C+ |
| PHX to SFO · San Francisco | 404 | 43.3% | 67 min | 0.50% | F+ |
| PHX to TUS · Tucsonthin sample | 330 | 74.5% | 75 min | 0.00% | C+ |
| PHX to PDX · Portlandthin sample | 329 | 67.7% | 51 min | 0.30% | C+ |
| PHX to ATL · Atlantathin sample | 287 | 67.3% | 81 min | 1.74% | C |
| PHX to BUR · Burbankthin sample | 275 | 78.0% | 63 min | 0.73% | B+ |
| PHX to SMF · Sacramentothin sample | 265 | 75.3% | 68 min | 0.75% | B+ |
| PHX to JFK · New Yorkthin sample | 265 | 75.3% | 84 min | 8.30% | B− |
| PHX to ABQ · Albuquerquethin sample | 249 | 67.9% | 70 min | 0.00% | C+ |
| PHX to IAH · Houstonthin sample | 245 | 74.0% | 70 min | 0.41% | C+ |
| PHX to CLT · Charlottethin sample | 245 | 74.9% | 74 min | 0.41% | C+ |
| PHX to AUS · Austinthin sample | 245 | 64.9% | 66 min | 0.00% | D+ |
| PHX to RNO · Renothin sample | 240 | 77.4% | 91 min | 0.42% | B+ |
| PHX to ONT · Ontariothin sample | 231 | 70.6% | 66 min | 0.00% | C+ |
| PHX to DAL · Dallasthin sample | 230 | 73.9% | 62 min | 0.00% | C+ |
| PHX to SJC · San Josethin sample | 219 | 70.2% | 61 min | 0.46% | C+ |
| PHX to PHL · Philadelphiathin sample | 216 | 66.8% | 61 min | 2.78% | C |
Delay causes
What held PHX up in July
Late-arriving aircraft accounts for 49% of the 327,000 delay minutes carriers reported here, and the remaining four split what is left.
- 49%Late-arriving aircraft
- 32%Carrier
- 16%National Airspace System
- 3%Extreme weather
- 0%Security
49% of delay minutes trace back to a late-arriving aircraft, meaning the plane was already behind before it got here. Across 327,000 reported delay minutes here, that single category outweighs weather by 18 to one. The split is drawn from 327,349 reported delay minutes.
Cancellations are rare at 0.89%, below the national 2.62% and low enough to earn the plus on the grade. Roughly one flight in 100 is called off; the risk here is arriving late, not not arriving.
10.5% of arrivals land a full hour or more behind schedule, against 11.3% nationally. Ninety minutes is the honest minimum for a connection here, and two hours if the onward flight is on a separate ticket.
What to do with this
Flying from PHX in July
For a July trip through PHX: plan on this being one of the airport's harder months. The 5am–8am departures held up best at 89.3% on time, and with 10.5% of arrivals an hour or more late, a connection here deserves more slack than the same trip in February would.
Related
Where to go next
- Phoenix Sky Harbor International (PHX), the whole year
- PHX in September83.0%
- PHX in October78.8%
- PHX in November78.0%
- PHX in December78.4%
- PHX in January81.6%
- PHX in February83.4%
- PHX in March76.8%
- PHX in April80.8%
- PHX in May77.0%
- PHX in June72.4%
- PHX in August75.2%
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, on-time performance data, September 2025 to August 2026. Last updated ; recomputed monthly. How this data is collected.