Best time to fly out of Prescott (PRC)
The early-flight folk wisdom holds up at Prescott - Ernest A. Love: departures in the 8–10am band left on time 83% of the time, against 75.8% in the 4–6pm band. These are historical odds, not forecasts. The records say what happened on this schedule over three years; they know nothing about tomorrow’s thunderstorm.
Data through June 2026 · Bureau of Transportation Statistics
On-time rate by hour and day
On this page, “on time” means a departure that pushed back less than 15 minutes behind its scheduled time — the Bureau of Transportation Statistics definition, and the one airlines are held to.
| Departure time | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before 6am | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 6–8am | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 8–10am | 84 | 79 | 88 | 84 | 83 | 83 | 81 |
| 10am–12pm | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 12–2pm | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2–4pm | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 4–6pm | 69 | 87 | 77 | 74 | 74 | 75 | 76 |
| 6–8pm | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 8–10pm | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 10pm–12am | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
The steadiest stretch at PRC was 8–10am — 83% of departures left on time across 1,037 flights. The weakest was 4–6pm at 75.8%.
The year at PRC
August was the hard month at PRC: 69.6% of departures left on time, across 186 flights. November was the easy one at 91.2%. Each month pools three years of that month, so a single bad week does not decide it.
| Month | Share departures that left on time | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| January | 80.9% | 217 |
| February | 78.6% | 198 |
| March | 83% | 217 |
| April | 80.1% | 202 |
| May | 79.2% | 208 |
| June | 77.5% | 201 |
| July | 74.5% | 186 |
| August | 69.6% | 186 |
| September | 86.1% | 180 |
| October | 88% | 192 |
| November | 91.2% | 206 |
| December | 85% | 214 |
Airlines at PRC
Every airline with at least 100 departures from PRC, busiest first. These are that airline’s departures from this airport only — its record across the country sits on its own page.
| Airline | Left on time | Typical delay | Cancelled | Departures |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SkyWest Airlines | 81.3% | 141 min | 0.7% | 2,407 |
What delays out of PRC were put down to
Airlines file a reason with every arrival running 15 minutes late or more. Across 502 flights that departed PRC and ran 15 minutes late or more, the delay minutes break down with 56.5% put down to airline operations and 29.8% to late-arriving aircraft.
- Late-arriving aircraft 29.8%
- Airline operations 56.5%
- Air traffic & airport volume 6.5%
- Severe weather 7.2%
- Security 0%
Late-arriving aircraft is the knock-on category: the plane came in late, so it went out late again. It is why a 7am problem in Newark is still a problem in Denver at dinnertime, and why it is usually the biggest slice on the bar.
If you are connecting through PRC
Of 2,407 scheduled arrivals into PRC, 78.4% reached the gate less than 15 minutes behind schedule. Of the 485 arrivals that ran late, 43.3% were no more than 45 minutes behind — which is the difference between a tight connection and a new boarding pass.
Work out a specific layover — pick the airport and the minutes you have, and the tool reads the same arrival records back as a share.
Busiest routes out of PRC
Ranked by flights, with the share that arrived on time at the far end. Where a route carries enough flights for a page of its own the chip goes there; otherwise it goes to the destination airport.
PRC in one number
Prescott - Ernest A. Love (PRC)
Rank 249 of 363 US airports by departures. Steadiest stretch of the day: 8–10am. Hardest month: August.
Questions about PRC
- What is the best time of day to fly out of Prescott - Ernest A. Love?
- 8–10am. Departures in that band left on time 83% of the time across 1,037 flights, July 2023 through June 2026 — the best of the ten bands in the day. The 4–6pm band was the weakest at 75.8%.
- What is the worst month to fly out of PRC?
- August: 69.6% of the departures that flew left on time, with 186 scheduled. November was the other end of the year at 91.2%. Each figure pools three years of that calendar month.
- How often are flights cancelled at PRC?
- 0.7% of scheduled departures were cancelled over July 2023 through June 2026. Cancellations are counted against everything scheduled, not against everything that flew — a rate that looks small still adds up to real people in a rebooking line.