Bob Hope in April 2026

80.8%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 April 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 2,455 domestic departures from Bob Hope (BUR). 80.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.6% reached their destination on time; 0.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.1% of flights departed on time and 78.9% arrived on time, so BUR departures were 1.7 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in April 2025, the airport had 2,585 departures with 83.0% leaving on time: a change of −2.2 points, with flights down 5%.

Flights arriving at BUR that month were on time 81.3% of the time (2,455 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 39%, national aviation system 38% and air carrier 20%.

On time 81.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.6%
Cancelled 0.7%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Apr 2026	Apr 2025	BUR, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Apr 2026
Departed on time	80.8%	83.0%	79.9%	79.1%
Arrived on time	81.6%	83.9%	80.9%	78.9%
Cancelled	0.7%	0.7%	1.3%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	11.3 min	10.7 min	13.4 min	14.5 min
Scheduled departures a day	82	86	82	19,931
Scheduled departures	2,455	2,585	29,940	597,919

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	1,436	58%	81.7%	-0.9 min	0.6%
OO SkyWest Airlines	320	13%	88.8%	-10.9 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	225	9%	64.9%	11.9 min	0.4%
AS Alaska Airlines	204	8%	91.2%	-13.2 min	1.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	72	3%	86.1%	7.2 min	2.8%
NK Spirit Airlines	63	3%	77.8%	6.3 min	3.2%
AA American Airlines	60	2%	78.3%	-8.3 min	3.3%
MQ Envoy Air	34	1%	79.4%	6.6 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	22	1%	72.7%	5.3 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	17	1%	64.7%	12.9 min	0.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways	2	0%	100.0%	-30.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BUR–LAS	Burbank to Las Vegas	349	79.1%	2.7 min	1.1%
BUR–PHX	Burbank to Phoenix	276	84.4%	-0.1 min	0.0%
BUR–SFO	Burbank to San Francisco	271	45.0%	25.4 min	0.7%
BUR–SMF	Burbank to Sacramento	223	85.7%	-5.1 min	1.3%
BUR–OAK	Burbank to Oakland	213	88.3%	-6.1 min	0.9%
BUR–SJC	Burbank to San Jose	163	84.7%	-2.2 min	0.0%
BUR–DEN	Burbank to Denver	160	91.9%	-9.2 min	0.0%
BUR–SEA	Burbank to Seattle	136	88.2%	-11.6 min	0.7%
BUR–SLC	Burbank to Salt Lake City	116	94.0%	-4.8 min	0.0%
BUR–STS	Burbank to Santa Rosa	70	88.6%	-12.2 min	0.0%
BUR–PDX	Burbank to Portland	68	97.1%	-16.5 min	1.5%
BUR–DFW	Burbank to Dallas/Fort Worth	60	78.3%	-8.3 min	3.3%

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), April 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Apr 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	20.4%	33.5%	4,673
Late-arriving aircraft	39.4%	40.4%	9,022
National Aviation System	38.4%	21.0%	8,785
Extreme weather	1.7%	5.0%	378
Security	0.2%	0.1%	36

22,894 delay minutes on 433 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

How many flights left BUR on time in April 2026?

80.8% of 2,455 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.1% and 78.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In April 2025, 83.0% of 2,585 departures left on time and 0.7% were cancelled, against 80.8% and 0.7% in April 2026.

Provenance

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