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Airport month · January 2026
Bob Hope in January 2026
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 January 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 2,141 domestic departures from Bob Hope (BUR). 85.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 86.8% reached their destination on time; 1.3% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 75.6% of flights departed on time and 75.3% arrived on time, so BUR departures were 10.0 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in January 2025, the airport had 2,344 departures with 83.4% leaving on time: a change of +2.2 points, with flights down 9%.
Flights arriving at BUR that month were on time 83.0% of the time (2,143 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 37%, air carrier 31% and national aviation system 24%.
- On time 86.8%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 11.8%
- Cancelled 1.3%
- Diverted 0.1%
January 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Jan 2026 | Jan 2025 | BUR, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Jan 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 85.6% | 83.4% | 79.9% | 75.6% |
| Arrived on time | 86.8% | 84.9% | 80.9% | 75.3% |
| Cancelled | 1.3% | 2.8% | 1.3% | 4.7% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 10.3 min | 9.8 min | 13.4 min | 16.7 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 71 | 78 | 82 | 18,133 |
| Scheduled departures | 2,141 | 2,344 | 29,940 | 544,003 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 1,206 | 56% | 91.7% | -8.6 min | 0.3% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 352 | 16% | 76.4% | 7.6 min | 1.7% |
| UA United Airlines | 179 | 8% | 82.7% | 0.6 min | 1.1% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 177 | 8% | 89.8% | -4.4 min | 1.7% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 83 | 4% | 83.1% | 1.9 min | 1.2% |
| AA American Airlines | 62 | 3% | 67.7% | 12.9 min | 11.3% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 62 | 3% | 82.3% | -6.2 min | 6.5% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 15 | 1% | 80.0% | 5.5 min | 0.0% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 5 | 0% | 60.0% | 23.8 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUR–LAS | Burbank to Las Vegas | 342 | 84.8% | -1.2 min | 0.3% |
| BUR–PHX | Burbank to Phoenix | 241 | 88.8% | -0.9 min | 0.4% |
| BUR–SFO | Burbank to San Francisco | 215 | 75.8% | 6.8 min | 1.9% |
| BUR–OAK | Burbank to Oakland | 209 | 92.3% | -10.7 min | 0.0% |
| BUR–SMF | Burbank to Sacramento | 187 | 94.1% | -11.0 min | 0.5% |
| BUR–SJC | Burbank to San Jose | 157 | 94.9% | -14.3 min | 0.6% |
| BUR–DEN | Burbank to Denver | 154 | 93.5% | -6.4 min | 0.6% |
| BUR–SEA | Burbank to Seattle | 110 | 87.3% | -2.1 min | 1.8% |
| BUR–SLC | Burbank to Salt Lake City | 105 | 95.2% | -9.7 min | 1.0% |
| BUR–PDX | Burbank to Portland | 72 | 93.1% | -8.1 min | 1.4% |
| BUR–DFW | Burbank to Dallas/Fort Worth | 62 | 67.7% | 12.9 min | 11.3% |
| BUR–STS | Burbank to Santa Rosa | 37 | 78.4% | -11.8 min | 5.4% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left BUR on time in January 2026?
85.6% of 2,141 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 86.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.6% and 75.3%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In January 2025, 83.4% of 2,344 departures left on time and 2.8% were cancelled, against 85.6% and 1.3% in January 2026.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2026; 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.