Bob Hope in August 2024

82.7%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 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 2,746 domestic departures from Bob Hope (BUR). 82.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.6% reached their destination on time; 1.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.4% of flights departed on time and 74.7% arrived on time, so BUR departures were 7.3 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in August 2023, the airport had 2,564 departures with 78.1% leaving on time: a change of +4.6 points, with flights up 7%.

Flights arriving at BUR that month were on time 80.8% of the time (2,746 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 39%, national aviation system 30% and air carrier 29%.

On time 81.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 16.8%
Cancelled 1.3%
Diverted 0.2%

Every scheduled departure from BUR in August 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

August 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Aug 2024	Aug 2023	BUR, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2024
Departed on time	82.7%	78.1%	79.9%	75.4%
Arrived on time	81.6%	80.0%	80.9%	74.7%
Cancelled	1.3%	3.7%	1.3%	2.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	11.4 min	11.6 min	13.4 min	18.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	92	86	82	20,634
Scheduled departures	2,746	2,564	29,940	619,025

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	1,661	60%	84.5%	-1.5 min	1.1%
OO SkyWest Airlines	352	13%	83.8%	5.7 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	200	7%	77.5%	6.9 min	1.5%
NK Spirit Airlines	182	7%	66.5%	20.6 min	4.4%
UA United Airlines	146	5%	78.8%	1.2 min	2.7%
AA American Airlines	112	4%	82.1%	15.1 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	62	2%	85.5%	4.4 min	0.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways	31	1%	22.6%	49.3 min	12.9%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BUR–LAS	Burbank to Las Vegas	401	75.6%	8.8 min	2.5%
BUR–OAK	Burbank to Oakland	284	86.3%	-1.5 min	0.7%
BUR–SFO	Burbank to San Francisco	271	80.8%	4.4 min	1.1%
BUR–PHX	Burbank to Phoenix	255	85.1%	4.8 min	0.8%
BUR–SMF	Burbank to Sacramento	227	85.0%	-2.1 min	1.3%
BUR–SJC	Burbank to San Jose	202	88.1%	-6.7 min	3.5%
BUR–DEN	Burbank to Denver	183	78.7%	-0.1 min	1.1%
BUR–SEA	Burbank to Seattle	143	74.1%	10.9 min	1.4%
BUR–SLC	Burbank to Salt Lake City	116	88.8%	5.2 min	0.0%
BUR–PDX	Burbank to Portland	111	78.4%	7.8 min	1.8%
BUR–DFW	Burbank to Dallas/Fort Worth	61	88.5%	-5.1 min	0.0%
BUR–BOI	Burbank to Boise	54	79.6%	4.4 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), August 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	29.0%	33.8%	8,257
Late-arriving aircraft	38.7%	39.8%	11,019
National Aviation System	29.8%	20.4%	8,486
Extreme weather	2.5%	5.9%	710
Security	0.1%	0.1%	15

28,487 delay minutes on 462 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 2024?

82.7% of 2,746 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.4% and 74.7%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In August 2023, 78.1% of 2,564 departures left on time and 3.7% were cancelled, against 82.7% and 1.3% in August 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 2024; 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.