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Airport month · September 2025
Bob Hope in September 2025
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 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 2,496 domestic departures from Bob Hope (BUR). 84.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 84.9% reached their destination on time; 0.6% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 82.8% arrived on time, so BUR departures were 1.6 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in September 2024, the airport had 2,713 departures with 80.1% leaving on time: a change of +4.6 points, with flights down 8%.
Flights arriving at BUR that month were on time 83.7% of the time (2,496 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 38%, national aviation system 28% and air carrier 28%.
- On time 84.9%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 14.4%
- Cancelled 0.6%
- Diverted 0.1%
September 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Sep 2025 | Sep 2024 | BUR, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 84.7% | 80.1% | 79.9% | 83.1% |
| Arrived on time | 84.9% | 79.7% | 80.9% | 82.8% |
| Cancelled | 0.6% | 1.1% | 1.3% | 0.5% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 10.8 min | 14.0 min | 13.4 min | 12.2 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 83 | 90 | 82 | 18,748 |
| Scheduled departures | 2,496 | 2,713 | 29,940 | 562,439 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 1,526 | 61% | 85.1% | -0.4 min | 0.5% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 281 | 11% | 84.3% | 0.8 min | 0.0% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 208 | 8% | 91.8% | -8.1 min | 1.0% |
| UA United Airlines | 185 | 7% | 83.2% | -2.3 min | 0.0% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 90 | 4% | 80.0% | 14.0 min | 1.1% |
| AA American Airlines | 60 | 2% | 90.0% | -8.9 min | 1.7% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 60 | 2% | 81.7% | 8.3 min | 0.0% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 48 | 2% | 83.3% | 11.5 min | 2.1% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 30 | 1% | 63.3% | 53.4 min | 3.3% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 8 | 0% | 75.0% | -20.1 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUR–LAS | Burbank to Las Vegas | 352 | 77.3% | 10.2 min | 0.6% |
| BUR–OAK | Burbank to Oakland | 254 | 86.2% | -1.0 min | 0.4% |
| BUR–PHX | Burbank to Phoenix | 237 | 84.8% | 6.0 min | 2.1% |
| BUR–SMF | Burbank to Sacramento | 228 | 89.0% | -3.5 min | 0.4% |
| BUR–SFO | Burbank to San Francisco | 225 | 77.3% | -1.2 min | 0.0% |
| BUR–DEN | Burbank to Denver | 206 | 82.5% | -1.6 min | 0.5% |
| BUR–SJC | Burbank to San Jose | 202 | 92.1% | -3.9 min | 0.0% |
| BUR–SLC | Burbank to Salt Lake City | 130 | 86.9% | -1.0 min | 0.0% |
| BUR–SEA | Burbank to Seattle | 127 | 90.6% | -8.9 min | 1.6% |
| BUR–PDX | Burbank to Portland | 81 | 93.8% | -6.8 min | 0.0% |
| BUR–DFW | Burbank to Dallas/Fort Worth | 60 | 90.0% | -8.9 min | 1.7% |
| BUR–RNO | Burbank to Reno | 47 | 76.6% | 7.0 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left BUR on time in September 2025?
84.7% of 2,496 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 84.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 82.8%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In September 2024, 80.1% of 2,713 departures left on time and 1.1% were cancelled, against 84.7% and 0.6% in September 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for September 2025; 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.