On-Time Report

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Airport month · February 2026

Bob Hope in February 2026

82.9%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 February 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 2,134 domestic departures from Bob Hope (BUR). 82.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 84.5% reached their destination on time; 2.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.1% of flights departed on time and 78.3% arrived on time, so BUR departures were 4.8 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2025, the airport had 2,182 departures with 85.2% leaving on time: a change of −2.3 points, with flights down 2%.

Flights arriving at BUR that month were on time 81.4% of the time (2,135 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 50%, air carrier 24% and national aviation system 21%.

Every scheduled departure from BUR in February 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

February 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

MeasureFeb 2026Feb 2025BUR, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Feb 2026
Departed on time82.9%85.2%79.9%78.1%
Arrived on time84.5%86.4%80.9%78.3%
Cancelled2.1%1.8%1.3%2.3%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)11.9 min9.7 min13.4 min15.0 min
Scheduled departures a day71738217,168
Scheduled departures2,1342,18229,940515,037

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
WN Southwest Airlines1,23458%85.7%-5.1 min2.7%
OO SkyWest Airlines35417%83.3%-1.7 min0.6%
AS Alaska Airlines1607%90.0%-8.2 min1.9%
UA United Airlines1577%79.0%12.6 min0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines774%85.7%-9.3 min6.5%
AA American Airlines563%78.6%8.5 min0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines563%82.1%11.9 min1.8%
MQ Envoy Air171%70.6%13.9 min0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines131%61.5%19.6 min0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air100%70.0%57.7 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
BUR–LASBurbank to Las Vegas33083.3%-4.1 min3.9%
BUR–PHXBurbank to Phoenix23386.7%0.0 min1.7%
BUR–SFOBurbank to San Francisco21676.4%9.1 min0.5%
BUR–OAKBurbank to Oakland20186.1%-5.5 min2.0%
BUR–SMFBurbank to Sacramento18287.9%-10.7 min2.7%
BUR–SJCBurbank to San Jose16188.2%-8.0 min2.5%
BUR–DENBurbank to Denver14786.4%-0.7 min2.0%
BUR–SLCBurbank to Salt Lake City10289.2%-5.5 min0.0%
BUR–SEABurbank to Seattle9489.4%-3.7 min2.1%
BUR–PDXBurbank to Portland6690.9%-14.6 min1.5%
BUR–DFWBurbank to Dallas/Fort Worth5678.6%8.5 min0.0%
BUR–STSBurbank to Santa Rosa3886.8%-7.2 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), February 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Feb 2026Minutes
Air carrier24.0%38.2%4,964
Late-arriving aircraft49.7%37.2%10,293
National Aviation System20.8%18.5%4,302
Extreme weather5.1%6.0%1,048
Security0.5%0.2%96
20,703 delay minutes on 280 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 February 2026?

82.9% of 2,134 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 84.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.1% and 78.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2025, 85.2% of 2,182 departures left on time and 1.8% were cancelled, against 82.9% and 2.1% in February 2026.

Provenance

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