Bob Hope in December 2024

79.2%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 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 2,761 domestic departures from Bob Hope (BUR). 79.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.4% reached their destination on time; 0.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.8% of flights departed on time and 78.1% arrived on time, so BUR departures were 1.4 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in December 2023, the airport had 2,631 departures with 81.4% leaving on time: a change of −2.2 points, with flights up 5%.

Flights arriving at BUR that month were on time 79.7% of the time (2,760 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 61%, national aviation system 20% and air carrier 17%.

On time 80.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.8%
Cancelled 0.6%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2024	Dec 2023	BUR, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2024
Departed on time	79.2%	81.4%	79.9%	77.8%
Arrived on time	80.4%	83.4%	80.9%	78.1%
Cancelled	0.6%	0.5%	1.3%	0.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	13.0 min	11.2 min	13.4 min	16.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	92	88	82	19,686
Scheduled departures	2,761	2,631	29,940	590,581

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	1,679	61%	82.2%	1.4 min	0.7%
OO SkyWest Airlines	332	12%	70.8%	9.4 min	0.3%
AS Alaska Airlines	212	8%	82.5%	1.6 min	0.9%
UA United Airlines	163	6%	81.6%	3.0 min	0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	152	6%	80.9%	7.7 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	96	3%	83.3%	-4.8 min	1.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	62	2%	74.2%	14.2 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	54	2%	72.2%	2.6 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	11	0%	81.8%	-3.7 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BUR–LAS	Burbank to Las Vegas	383	84.6%	1.1 min	0.3%
BUR–PHX	Burbank to Phoenix	296	82.8%	0.6 min	0.7%
BUR–SFO	Burbank to San Francisco	296	68.2%	11.8 min	0.3%
BUR–OAK	Burbank to Oakland	267	84.6%	0.3 min	1.5%
BUR–SMF	Burbank to Sacramento	216	83.3%	2.5 min	0.9%
BUR–SJC	Burbank to San Jose	212	78.3%	0.4 min	1.4%
BUR–DEN	Burbank to Denver	201	84.6%	-0.9 min	0.0%
BUR–SEA	Burbank to Seattle	131	82.4%	0.8 min	0.8%
BUR–SLC	Burbank to Salt Lake City	109	87.2%	-1.5 min	0.0%
BUR–PDX	Burbank to Portland	93	80.6%	3.4 min	1.1%
BUR–DFW	Burbank to Dallas/Fort Worth	61	82.0%	-7.2 min	1.6%
BUR–BOI	Burbank to Boise	48	66.7%	11.5 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 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	16.6%	34.3%	5,047
Late-arriving aircraft	61.2%	40.2%	18,630
National Aviation System	19.9%	17.8%	6,055
Extreme weather	2.2%	7.5%	664
Security	0.1%	0.2%	37

30,433 delay minutes on 519 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 2024?

79.2% of 2,761 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.8% and 78.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In December 2023, 81.4% of 2,631 departures left on time and 0.5% were cancelled, against 79.2% and 0.6% in December 2024.

Provenance

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