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Airport month · December 2025
Bob Hope in December 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 December 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 2,623 domestic departures from Bob Hope (BUR). 75.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 79.1% reached their destination on time; 2.1% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 72.0% of flights departed on time and 71.9% arrived on time, so BUR departures were 3.9 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in December 2024, the airport had 2,761 departures with 79.2% leaving on time: a change of −3.3 points, with flights down 5%.
Flights arriving at BUR that month were on time 74.1% of the time (2,621 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 59%, air carrier 17% and national aviation system 15%.
- On time 79.1%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.3%
- Cancelled 2.1%
- Diverted 0.5%
December 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Dec 2025 | Dec 2024 | BUR, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 75.9% | 79.2% | 79.9% | 72.0% |
| Arrived on time | 79.1% | 80.4% | 80.9% | 71.9% |
| Cancelled | 2.1% | 0.6% | 1.3% | 1.5% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 17.1 min | 13.0 min | 13.4 min | 21.2 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 87 | 92 | 82 | 19,410 |
| Scheduled departures | 2,623 | 2,761 | 29,940 | 582,304 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 1,482 | 57% | 80.7% | 1.9 min | 1.8% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 494 | 19% | 71.7% | 12.7 min | 4.0% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 231 | 9% | 83.5% | -1.5 min | 0.9% |
| UA United Airlines | 166 | 6% | 77.7% | 9.4 min | 0.6% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 86 | 3% | 86.0% | -1.3 min | 3.5% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 64 | 2% | 73.4% | 21.2 min | 3.1% |
| AA American Airlines | 62 | 2% | 82.3% | 4.0 min | 0.0% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 26 | 1% | 76.9% | 16.1 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 12 | 0% | 83.3% | -1.7 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUR–LAS | Burbank to Las Vegas | 366 | 81.7% | 1.9 min | 2.2% |
| BUR–PHX | Burbank to Phoenix | 267 | 80.9% | 2.4 min | 1.9% |
| BUR–SFO | Burbank to San Francisco | 257 | 66.5% | 29.3 min | 2.3% |
| BUR–OAK | Burbank to Oakland | 232 | 80.6% | -0.1 min | 2.2% |
| BUR–SMF | Burbank to Sacramento | 228 | 82.0% | -0.4 min | 3.9% |
| BUR–SJC | Burbank to San Jose | 183 | 82.0% | -0.4 min | 1.1% |
| BUR–DEN | Burbank to Denver | 173 | 80.3% | 5.4 min | 0.6% |
| BUR–SEA | Burbank to Seattle | 143 | 79.7% | -1.6 min | 1.4% |
| BUR–SLC | Burbank to Salt Lake City | 137 | 86.9% | 0.9 min | 0.7% |
| BUR–PDX | Burbank to Portland | 100 | 87.0% | 0.7 min | 0.0% |
| BUR–DFW | Burbank to Dallas/Fort Worth | 62 | 82.3% | 4.0 min | 0.0% |
| BUR–STS | Burbank to Santa Rosa | 62 | 53.2% | 17.2 min | 19.4% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left BUR on time in December 2025?
75.9% of 2,623 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 79.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.0% and 71.9%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In December 2024, 79.2% of 2,761 departures left on time and 0.6% were cancelled, against 75.9% and 2.1% in December 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for December 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.