Bob Hope in August 2023

78.1%departed on time

BTS: A flight is counted as on time if it arrived less than 15 minutes after its scheduled time. Only carriers with at least 0.5 percent of domestic scheduled passenger revenue report.

In August 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 2,564 domestic departures from Bob Hope (BUR). 78.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.0% reached their destination on time; 3.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 76.9% arrived on time, so BUR departures were 1.4 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at BUR that month were on time 74.9% of the time (2,563 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 54%, air carrier 26% and national aviation system 15%.

On time 80.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 16.1%
Cancelled 3.7%
Diverted 0.2%

Every scheduled departure from BUR in August 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

August 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Aug 2023	Year earlier	BUR, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2023
Departed on time	78.1%	—	79.9%	76.7%
Arrived on time	80.0%	—	80.9%	76.9%
Cancelled	3.7%	—	1.3%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	11.6 min	—	13.4 min	17.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	86	—	82	20,100
Scheduled departures	2,564	—	29,940	602,987

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	1,828	71%	78.2%	2.4 min	4.5%
OO SkyWest Airlines	297	12%	87.5%	1.2 min	1.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	182	7%	83.5%	2.3 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	106	4%	90.6%	2.8 min	1.9%
NK Spirit Airlines	62	2%	77.4%	5.4 min	4.8%
B6 JetBlue Airways	31	1%	45.2%	25.2 min	6.5%
UA United Airlines	31	1%	83.9%	-4.9 min	3.2%
MQ Envoy Air	27	1%	88.9%	-6.5 min	3.7%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BUR–LAS	Burbank to Las Vegas	363	75.8%	6.8 min	5.8%
BUR–OAK	Burbank to Oakland	294	79.6%	0.0 min	4.8%
BUR–PHX	Burbank to Phoenix	282	79.4%	4.8 min	4.6%
BUR–SMF	Burbank to Sacramento	259	81.1%	0.9 min	3.5%
BUR–SJC	Burbank to San Jose	253	83.4%	-2.3 min	5.1%
BUR–SFO	Burbank to San Francisco	246	78.5%	3.0 min	3.7%
BUR–DEN	Burbank to Denver	136	75.7%	3.5 min	2.9%
BUR–SEA	Burbank to Seattle	124	79.8%	6.0 min	0.0%
BUR–SLC	Burbank to Salt Lake City	124	87.9%	-0.7 min	0.8%
BUR–PDX	Burbank to Portland	118	89.0%	-4.8 min	0.8%
BUR–DFW	Burbank to Dallas/Fort Worth	62	90.3%	-8.3 min	1.6%
BUR–MDW	Burbank to Chicago	39	89.7%	-5.5 min	2.6%

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), August 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	25.9%	36.7%	5,964
Late-arriving aircraft	54.4%	42.2%	12,531
National Aviation System	15.1%	15.7%	3,472
Extreme weather	4.7%	5.1%	1,083
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

23,050 delay minutes on 413 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

How many flights left BUR on time in August 2023?

78.1% of 2,564 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 76.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

August 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for BUR · methodology · corrections.