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Airport month · March 2026
Bob Hope in March 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 March 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 2,556 domestic departures from Bob Hope (BUR). 82.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 84.0% reached their destination on time; 1.3% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 72.8% of flights departed on time and 73.2% arrived on time, so BUR departures were 9.8 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in March 2025, the airport had 2,543 departures with 82.6% leaving on time: a change of 0.0 points, with flights up 1%.
Flights arriving at BUR that month were on time 83.1% of the time (2,556 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 49%, air carrier 31% and national aviation system 15%.
- On time 84.0%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 14.3%
- Cancelled 1.3%
- Diverted 0.4%
March 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Mar 2026 | Mar 2025 | BUR, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 82.6% | 82.6% | 79.9% | 72.8% |
| Arrived on time | 84.0% | 82.9% | 80.9% | 73.2% |
| Cancelled | 1.3% | 1.6% | 1.3% | 2.9% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 11.7 min | 10.5 min | 13.4 min | 20.3 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 85 | 85 | 82 | 20,403 |
| Scheduled departures | 2,556 | 2,543 | 29,940 | 612,102 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 1,452 | 57% | 83.9% | -1.7 min | 1.3% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 389 | 15% | 89.5% | -7.6 min | 0.3% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 206 | 8% | 82.5% | -6.1 min | 2.4% |
| UA United Airlines | 200 | 8% | 82.5% | 0.4 min | 0.0% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 88 | 3% | 78.4% | 3.2 min | 6.8% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 86 | 3% | 80.2% | 18.2 min | 2.3% |
| AA American Airlines | 62 | 2% | 82.3% | -2.2 min | 0.0% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 31 | 1% | 80.6% | 1.1 min | 0.0% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 24 | 1% | 79.2% | 23.1 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 18 | 1% | 66.7% | 4.6 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUR–LAS | Burbank to Las Vegas | 377 | 78.5% | 1.4 min | 2.9% |
| BUR–SFO | Burbank to San Francisco | 310 | 85.5% | -5.2 min | 0.0% |
| BUR–PHX | Burbank to Phoenix | 288 | 82.6% | 4.5 min | 0.0% |
| BUR–SMF | Burbank to Sacramento | 223 | 89.2% | -9.7 min | 2.7% |
| BUR–OAK | Burbank to Oakland | 219 | 84.0% | -6.9 min | 1.4% |
| BUR–SJC | Burbank to San Jose | 170 | 85.9% | -4.2 min | 2.4% |
| BUR–DEN | Burbank to Denver | 168 | 78.0% | 10.5 min | 0.6% |
| BUR–SEA | Burbank to Seattle | 123 | 79.7% | -4.9 min | 3.3% |
| BUR–SLC | Burbank to Salt Lake City | 116 | 94.0% | -9.7 min | 0.0% |
| BUR–PDX | Burbank to Portland | 83 | 86.7% | -7.9 min | 1.2% |
| BUR–DFW | Burbank to Dallas/Fort Worth | 62 | 82.3% | -2.2 min | 0.0% |
| BUR–STS | Burbank to Santa Rosa | 51 | 96.1% | -17.8 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left BUR on time in March 2026?
82.6% of 2,556 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 84.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.8% and 73.2%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In March 2025, 82.6% of 2,543 departures left on time and 1.6% were cancelled, against 82.6% and 1.3% in March 2026.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for March 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.