Bob Hope in December 2023

81.4%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 December 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 2,631 domestic departures from Bob Hope (BUR). 81.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 83.4% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 83.8% arrived on time, so BUR departures were 1.7 points below the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at BUR that month were on time 82.0% of the time (2,632 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 51%, national aviation system 26% and air carrier 18%.

On time 83.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.7%
Cancelled 0.5%
Diverted 0.3%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2023	Year earlier	BUR, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2023
Departed on time	81.4%	—	79.9%	83.1%
Arrived on time	83.4%	—	80.9%	83.8%
Cancelled	0.5%	—	1.3%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	11.2 min	—	13.4 min	11.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	88	—	82	19,013
Scheduled departures	2,631	—	29,940	570,394

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	1,774	67%	86.0%	-1.0 min	0.7%
OO SkyWest Airlines	405	15%	78.8%	2.2 min	0.2%
AS Alaska Airlines	188	7%	77.7%	6.9 min	0.5%
AA American Airlines	103	4%	87.4%	-6.6 min	0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	86	3%	75.6%	14.0 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	44	2%	86.4%	7.0 min	0.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways	31	1%	32.3%	35.5 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BUR–SFO	Burbank to San Francisco	378	74.3%	5.4 min	0.5%
BUR–LAS	Burbank to Las Vegas	366	81.4%	4.9 min	0.0%
BUR–PHX	Burbank to Phoenix	279	85.3%	0.5 min	0.0%
BUR–OAK	Burbank to Oakland	268	85.8%	-1.5 min	2.2%
BUR–SMF	Burbank to Sacramento	260	86.5%	-2.8 min	1.2%
BUR–SJC	Burbank to San Jose	208	91.8%	-6.8 min	0.5%
BUR–DEN	Burbank to Denver	157	91.1%	-2.0 min	0.6%
BUR–SEA	Burbank to Seattle	139	79.1%	8.3 min	0.0%
BUR–SLC	Burbank to Salt Lake City	136	92.6%	-6.1 min	0.0%
BUR–PDX	Burbank to Portland	98	78.6%	-0.4 min	1.0%
BUR–DFW	Burbank to Dallas/Fort Worth	61	88.5%	-8.9 min	0.0%
BUR–ABQ	Burbank to Albuquerque	31	90.3%	-3.1 min	0.0%

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), December 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	18.0%	37.1%	4,234
Late-arriving aircraft	51.3%	38.8%	12,060
National Aviation System	26.4%	17.6%	6,200
Extreme weather	3.9%	6.2%	921
Security	0.4%	0.3%	90

23,505 delay minutes on 414 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 December 2023?

81.4% of 2,631 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 83.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 83.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

December 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 December 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.