Airport month record
PHXNOV
Phoenix Sky Harbor International in November 2025
- Departures
- 16,887
- Month
- November 2025
- National, same month
- 79.4%
- Carriers
- 11
Historical statistics for November 2025, not live status or a forecast for this year’s November. For today’s conditions at PHX, see live FAA status.
PHX in November lands a B, about a point worse than the national rate of 79.4%. Roughly one flight in five arrives 15 minutes late or worse, and those flights are late by about an hour on average. That rests on 16,887 flights, of which Delta Air Lines flew 909 at 84.5% on time.
Delta Air Lines is the most reliable of the eight carriers covered here at 84.5% on time across 909 flights.
Key figures
On time
78.0%
Arrivals under 15 minutes late, of 16,476 completed departures
Avg delay
63 min
Across delayed arrivals only, not all flights
Cancelled
2.21%
Nationally in November: 2.49%
Whole year
77.9%
PHX across all twelve months
These figures cover 16,887 departures from Phoenix Sky Harbor International in November 2025. 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
November next to PHX's other months
Against PHX's own year, November ran level with the twelve-month rate of 77.9%, which makes it number seven of twelve months, best first. Cancellations are where November stands out: 2.21% of scheduled departures were called off, 2.5 times the airport's rate across the year. Either side of it, October ran 78.8% on time and December 78.4%, so this month sits in line with its neighbours.
| 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 (this page) | 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 | 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 November
Departure time matters more here than the choice of carrier. The gap between the best and worst window is 25 points, against 11 points between the best and worst carrier.
- 5am–8am1,552 flights92.2%
- 8am–11am3,616 flights84.5%
- 11am–2pm3,344 flights80.9%
- 2pm–5pm3,298 flights73.4%
- 5pm–8pm2,457 flights66.8%
- 8pm–5am2,620 flights72.8%
Scale runs 60% to 100%.
Book the early departure. Flights leaving between 5am–8am arrive on time 92.2% of the time, against 66.8% for the evening window. That is 25 points of difference for no extra money, and it comes from the same aircraft having had no earlier flight to fall behind on. The 8am–11am window is the busiest, with 3,616 flights scheduled in it.
Across the week, Thursday is the strongest day at 81.0% on time and Sunday the weakest at 72.7%, a spread of 8 points.
Carrier by carrier
Which airlines ran best at PHX in November
The choice of carrier is not cosmetic here. Delta Air Lines arrives on time 84.5% of the time; Southwest Airlines manages 74.0%. Sample sizes sit next to every figure, because a two-point gap across 5,773 flights means less than a ten-point one.
| Airline | Flights | On time | Avg delay | Cancelled | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines | 5,773 | 74.0% | 56 min | 2.17% | C |
| American Airlines | 4,758 | 78.8% | 61 min | 1.60% | B |
| SkyWest Airlines | 2,210 | 79.5% | 72 min | 3.94% | B− |
| United Airlines | 952 | 78.5% | 77 min | 1.89% | B |
| Envoy Air | 948 | 83.6% | 48 min | 3.90% | B− |
| Delta Air Lines | 909 | 84.5% | 87 min | 1.10% | B |
| Frontier Airlines | 664 | 81.7% | 90 min | 2.26% | B |
| Alaska Airlines | 446 | 80.3% | 60 min | 0.45% | B+ |
| JetBlue Airwaysthin sample | 144 | 75.9% | 113 min | 2.08% | B |
| Allegiant Airthin sample | 35 | 82.9% | 240 min | 0.00% | B+ |
| Hawaiian Airlinesthin sample | 30 | 86.7% | 22 min | 0.00% | A+ |
SkyWest Airlines cancels 3.9% 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 routes out of PHX in November
| Route | Flights | On time | Avg delay | Cancelled | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PHX to DEN · Denver | 769 | 79.2% | 73 min | 2.34% | B |
| PHX to LAX · Los Angeles | 665 | 80.5% | 51 min | 3.61% | B− |
| PHX to SEA · Seattle | 594 | 80.8% | 65 min | 1.01% | B |
| PHX to LAS · Las Vegas | 512 | 74.3% | 67 min | 4.88% | C− |
| PHX to SAN · San Diego | 503 | 67.8% | 68 min | 5.37% | C− |
| PHX to SLC · Salt Lake City | 477 | 82.7% | 75 min | 1.68% | B |
| PHX to ORD · Chicago | 444 | 72.9% | 84 min | 4.50% | C− |
| PHX to SNA · Santa Ana | 397 | 76.0% | 50 min | 1.51% | B |
| PHX to DFW · Dallas-Fort Worth | 397 | 73.6% | 75 min | 2.27% | C |
| PHX to SFO · San Francisco | 390 | 75.9% | 66 min | 2.31% | B |
| PHX to SMF · Sacramentothin sample | 327 | 79.5% | 55 min | 1.53% | B |
| PHX to ATL · Atlantathin sample | 322 | 78.8% | 79 min | 1.55% | B |
| PHX to PDX · Portlandthin sample | 310 | 78.0% | 65 min | 1.61% | B |
| PHX to ABQ · Albuquerquethin sample | 298 | 79.7% | 53 min | 1.01% | B |
| PHX to AUS · Austinthin sample | 284 | 68.8% | 64 min | 0.70% | C+ |
| PHX to ONT · Ontariothin sample | 273 | 75.6% | 60 min | 2.56% | B |
| PHX to SJC · San Josethin sample | 271 | 78.3% | 54 min | 1.11% | B |
| PHX to IAH · Houstonthin sample | 266 | 78.6% | 76 min | 1.50% | B |
| PHX to DAL · Dallasthin sample | 263 | 74.2% | 50 min | 4.94% | C− |
| PHX to TUS · Tucsonthin sample | 261 | 83.1% | 55 min | 4.60% | B− |
| PHX to BUR · Burbankthin sample | 258 | 74.6% | 58 min | 2.33% | C |
| PHX to JFK · New Yorkthin sample | 247 | 78.6% | 63 min | 1.62% | B |
| PHX to MSP · Minneapolisthin sample | 246 | 84.0% | 79 min | 0.81% | B+ |
| PHX to SAT · San Antoniothin sample | 236 | 75.7% | 58 min | 0.42% | B+ |
| PHX to MDW · Chicagothin sample | 223 | 73.6% | 56 min | 4.48% | C− |
Delay causes
What held PHX up in November
Late-arriving aircraft accounts for 49% of the 230,000 delay minutes carriers reported here, and the remaining four split what is left.
- 49%Late-arriving aircraft
- 30%Carrier
- 18%National Airspace System
- 2%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 230,000 reported delay minutes here, that single category outweighs weather by 25 to one. The split is drawn from 229,733 reported delay minutes.
Cancellations sit at 2.21% against a national 2.49%, which is ordinary. Diversions add another 0.23%.
7.2% of arrivals land an hour or more late, close to the national 7.8%, so a 60 to 75 minute layover is reasonable here while anything under 45 minutes is a bet. Most delays on this route last about an hour, which a normal layover absorbs.
What to do with this
Flying from PHX in November
For a November trip through PHX: expect 78.0% on time and 2.21% cancelled, going by November 2025. The 5am–8am window was the strongest part of the day.
Related
Where to go next
- Phoenix Sky Harbor International (PHX), the whole year
- PHX in September83.0%
- PHX in October78.8%
- 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 July70.0%
- 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.