Holiday travel
Holiday travel at PHX
Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, Phoenix, AZ. July 2023 – July 2026. Set against PHX’s own ordinary days of the same weekday in the weeks around each holiday.
The five holidays at PHX
At PHX, Christmas to New Year’s ran furthest below ordinary days (−3.9 points) and July 4 furthest above (+5.3 points).
Each row pools every year of that holiday’s window at PHX and sets it against PHX’s own ordinary days of the same weekdays in the weeks around it. Open a holiday for its day-by-day figures.
| Holiday | On time | Gap from usual, points | Cancelled | Worst day | Best day | All airports, gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thanksgiving3 times in the data | 84.6%usual 83.3% | +1.3betteryears: 2 better, 1 worse | 0.48%usual 0.65% | Sunday after (two of three) | Thanksgiving Day (three of three) | −2.1worse |
| Christmas to New Year’s3 times in the data | 79.5%usual 83.4% | −3.9worseyears: 1 about the same, 2 worse | 0.53%usual 0.79% | Moved each year | January 1 (two of three) | −3.2worse |
| July 44 times in the data | 78.9%usual 73.6% | +5.3betteryears: 3 better, 1 about the same | 0.61%usual 0.83% | Moved each year | July 4 (three of four) | +5.2better |
| Memorial Day3 times in the data | 78.8%usual 76.7% | +2.1betteryears: 2 better, 1 worse | 0.50%usual 0.39% | Memorial Day (two of three) | Moved each year | −0.3about the same |
| Labor Day3 times in the data | 84.5%usual 82.8% | +1.7betteryears: 1 better, 1 about the same, 1 worse | 0.28%usual 0.63% | Saturday before (two of three) | Moved each year | +4.2better |
A dash means fewer than 120 flights stood behind the figure, or behind the ordinary days it would be compared with: too few to print a rate, and nothing is estimated in its place. “Usual” is what ordinary days of the same weekday had at the same place in the weeks around the holiday, weighted by the flights being compared.