On-Time Report

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Airport month · September 2024

Bob Hope in September 2024

80.1%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 September 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 2,713 domestic departures from Bob Hope (BUR). 80.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 79.7% reached their destination on time; 1.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.4% of flights departed on time and 83.9% arrived on time, so BUR departures were 4.3 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in September 2023, the airport had 2,563 departures with 84.3% leaving on time: a change of −4.2 points, with flights up 6%.

Flights arriving at BUR that month were on time 79.2% of the time (2,713 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 52%, air carrier 23% and national aviation system 22%.

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

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

MeasureSep 2024Sep 2023BUR, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Sep 2024
Departed on time80.1%84.3%79.9%84.4%
Arrived on time79.7%87.0%80.9%83.9%
Cancelled1.1%1.1%1.3%0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)14.0 min8.4 min13.4 min10.6 min
Scheduled departures a day90858219,421
Scheduled departures2,7132,56329,940582,622

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
WN Southwest Airlines1,57958%82.1%1.2 min1.4%
OO SkyWest Airlines34613%76.0%7.2 min0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines26910%74.3%17.5 min1.9%
AS Alaska Airlines2068%75.7%3.4 min1.5%
UA United Airlines1435%82.5%3.6 min0.7%
AA American Airlines803%81.3%10.8 min0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines602%76.7%18.4 min0.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways301%53.3%95.7 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
BUR–LASBurbank to Las Vegas38875.0%8.8 min3.1%
BUR–OAKBurbank to Oakland29680.7%3.6 min1.4%
BUR–SMFBurbank to Sacramento27183.0%6.6 min1.8%
BUR–SFOBurbank to San Francisco26273.3%8.1 min0.0%
BUR–PHXBurbank to Phoenix24384.0%2.8 min0.4%
BUR–SJCBurbank to San Jose24281.8%0.8 min2.1%
BUR–DENBurbank to Denver17584.0%3.8 min0.6%
BUR–SEABurbank to Seattle15072.7%6.1 min1.3%
BUR–SLCBurbank to Salt Lake City11185.6%6.9 min0.0%
BUR–DFWBurbank to Dallas/Fort Worth6085.0%-7.2 min0.0%
BUR–PDXBurbank to Portland5983.1%-2.8 min1.7%
BUR–BOIBurbank to Boise5066.0%16.9 min0.0%

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), September 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Sep 2024Minutes
Air carrier22.8%38.6%7,900
Late-arriving aircraft52.2%38.4%18,108
National Aviation System22.2%18.2%7,717
Extreme weather2.8%4.8%973
Security0.1%0.1%20
34,718 delay minutes on 512 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.
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Questions and answers

How many flights left BUR on time in September 2024?

80.1% of 2,713 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 79.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.4% and 83.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In September 2023, 84.3% of 2,563 departures left on time and 1.1% were cancelled, against 80.1% and 1.1% in September 2024.

Provenance

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