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Airport month · May 2026
Bob Hope in May 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 May 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 2,520 domestic departures from Bob Hope (BUR). 76.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 78.0% reached their destination on time; 1.1% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 77.1% of flights departed on time and 77.6% arrived on time, so BUR departures were 0.6 points below the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in May 2025, the airport had 2,707 departures with 81.7% leaving on time: a change of −5.2 points, with flights down 7%.
Flights arriving at BUR that month were on time 78.1% of the time (2,521 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 46%, national aviation system 39% and air carrier 14%.
- On time 78.0%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 20.8%
- Cancelled 1.1%
- Diverted 0.2%
May 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | May 2026 | May 2025 | BUR, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, May 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 76.5% | 81.7% | 79.9% | 77.1% |
| Arrived on time | 78.0% | 81.2% | 80.9% | 77.6% |
| Cancelled | 1.1% | 0.5% | 1.3% | 0.9% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 15.0 min | 11.6 min | 13.4 min | 16.0 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 84 | 90 | 82 | 20,391 |
| Scheduled departures | 2,520 | 2,707 | 29,940 | 611,735 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 1,470 | 58% | 80.2% | 1.7 min | 0.9% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 315 | 13% | 82.2% | 3.3 min | 0.0% |
| UA United Airlines | 252 | 10% | 48.4% | 31.2 min | 0.0% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 251 | 10% | 86.1% | -8.0 min | 2.8% |
| AA American Airlines | 62 | 2% | 79.0% | 3.1 min | 6.5% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 62 | 2% | 83.9% | -8.5 min | 1.6% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 34 | 1% | 91.2% | -2.4 min | 0.0% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 31 | 1% | 77.4% | 19.9 min | 3.2% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 24 | 1% | 83.3% | 0.6 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 16 | 1% | 75.0% | -1.7 min | 0.0% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 3 | 0% | 66.7% | -12.0 min | 33.3% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUR–LAS | Burbank to Las Vegas | 296 | 78.7% | 4.1 min | 0.7% |
| BUR–SFO | Burbank to San Francisco | 289 | 30.4% | 43.6 min | 1.4% |
| BUR–PHX | Burbank to Phoenix | 284 | 81.7% | 7.4 min | 0.7% |
| BUR–SMF | Burbank to Sacramento | 225 | 85.8% | -4.4 min | 0.4% |
| BUR–OAK | Burbank to Oakland | 219 | 86.8% | -4.7 min | 0.9% |
| BUR–DEN | Burbank to Denver | 171 | 86.5% | -1.9 min | 0.0% |
| BUR–SJC | Burbank to San Jose | 166 | 89.8% | -6.6 min | 1.2% |
| BUR–SEA | Burbank to Seattle | 142 | 81.0% | -4.0 min | 4.2% |
| BUR–SLC | Burbank to Salt Lake City | 118 | 94.1% | -11.2 min | 0.0% |
| BUR–PDX | Burbank to Portland | 91 | 91.2% | -12.7 min | 1.1% |
| BUR–STS | Burbank to Santa Rosa | 85 | 78.8% | 1.9 min | 0.0% |
| BUR–DFW | Burbank to Dallas/Fort Worth | 62 | 79.0% | 3.1 min | 6.5% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left BUR on time in May 2026?
76.5% of 2,520 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 78.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.1% and 77.6%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In May 2025, 81.7% of 2,707 departures left on time and 0.5% were cancelled, against 76.5% and 1.1% in May 2026.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for May 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.