Flights Palm Springs → Phoenix
PSP → PHX
Route overview
The flight route from Palm Springs to Phoenix operates with a high level of punctuality, achieving an on-time performance rate of 85%. Over the course of a year, it sees approximately 354 flights, each typically using a Canadair Regional Jet 900 aircraft. The destination airport in Phoenix handles nearly 44.4 million passengers annually, indicating its significance as a major travel hub.
Your rights on this US flight (DOT)
US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under the US DOT rules, if your flight is cancelled or significantly changed and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Amenities for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
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The Palm Springs (PSP) → Phoenix (PHX) route is operated by American Airlines. Across 488 flights monitored in recent months, 86% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 8 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.20%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 21.3/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Phoenix the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Palm Springs the average ATFM delay is 3.9 minutes.
Heading to Phoenix: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Palm Springs (PSP) to Phoenix (PHX) heads east for about 419 km, a flight time of roughly 57m.
Departures from Palm Springs on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 49% of PSP-PHX flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Palm Springs the average ATFM delay is 3.9 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Phoenix it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 488 tracked PSP-PHX flights, 86% left on time with an average delay of 8 min and a 0.2% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines (AA) | 74% | 16 min | 3.0% |
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Frequently asked questions about PSP-PHX
On the Palm Springs (PSP) -> Phoenix (PHX) route, on-time performance is 86% with an average delay of 8 minutes, based on 488 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Palm Springs-Phoenix is 0.20% across 488 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: American Airlines.
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US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under US DOT rules, if the airline cancels or significantly changes your flight and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Meals or hotels for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
