AIR SERVICE

Transportation Security Administration (TSA) throughput in the United States for January 2023 was 99% of January 2019 levels. February 2023 was 98% of February 2019 throughput. YTD February 2023 was 98% of YTD February 2019 levels.

PSP TSA levels for January 2023 finished at 121%, 22 points above the national average. PSP February 2023 TSA throughput was 117% of February 2019 levels. For February 2023 YTD, PSP finished at 117% of February 2019 YTD levels, or 19 points above the national average. 

The year started out strong, with PSP January onboards up 45% versus January 2022, and up 22% vs January 2019. With over 170K onboard passengers, January 2023 is a new all-time high for the month of January for PSP and the fifth highest month overall! After a 23% YOY increase in seat capacity in 2022, PSP capacity appears to be leveling off in 2023.  Looking ahead to April, both American Airlines and United Airlines have added flights during the Coachella Music and Arts Festival. American’s flights will fly between PSP and LAX (Los Angeles International), while United’s flights will service EWR (Newark) and PSP. 

Visitors and residents can look forward to some changes at PSP, as the airport announced plans to double the number of restaurants and bring in more local representation with new concessions. The estimated completion is Q2 of 2024.

The Tourism Development team will be traveling to Chicago the week of March 20-24 to attend Routes Americas for an opportunity to meet with airline network planners with both our existing carriers as well airlines considering Palm Springs International Airport. 

You can find information about PSP marketing, airlines, route information, and other air service updates on our Partner Air Service page. The page is updated weekly.

Below is the latest data for PSP. Click HERE or the image below to view the multiple-page PDF report.