Lubbock Preston Smith International in August 2023

85.3%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 August 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 626 domestic departures from Lubbock Preston Smith International (LBB). 85.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 86.3% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 76.9% arrived on time, so LBB departures were 8.6 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at LBB that month were on time 80.1% of the time (627 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 49%, air carrier 39% and national aviation system 12%.

On time 86.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 12.9%
Cancelled 0.5%
Diverted 0.3%

Every scheduled departure from LBB in August 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

August 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Aug 2023	Year earlier	LBB, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2023
Departed on time	85.3%	—	81.3%	76.7%
Arrived on time	86.3%	—	81.1%	76.9%
Cancelled	0.5%	—	1.7%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	11.8 min	—	16.6 min	17.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	21	—	18	20,100
Scheduled departures	626	—	6,557	602,987

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	234	37%	88.0%	-3.8 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	216	35%	86.1%	1.7 min	0.5%
MQ Envoy Air	101	16%	87.1%	-2.4 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	75	12%	80.0%	13.0 min	2.7%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LBB–DFW	Lubbock to Dallas/Fort Worth	238	85.3%	1.9 min	0.8%
LBB–DAL	Lubbock to Dallas	143	95.1%	-9.3 min	0.0%
LBB–IAH	Lubbock to Houston	92	83.7%	10.7 min	0.0%
LBB–DEN	Lubbock to Denver	62	69.4%	12.6 min	1.6%
LBB–LAS	Lubbock to Las Vegas	31	71.0%	7.1 min	0.0%
LBB–PHX	Lubbock to Phoenix	31	100.0%	-20.9 min	0.0%
LBB–AUS	Lubbock to Austin	27	100.0%	-10.7 min	0.0%
LBB–HOU	Lubbock to Houston	2	50.0%	22.5 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

100

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), August 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	38.8%	36.7%	2,569
Late-arriving aircraft	49.1%	42.2%	3,248
National Aviation System	11.8%	15.7%	779
Extreme weather	0.0%	5.1%	0
Security	0.4%	0.2%	25

6,621 delay minutes on 81 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 LBB on time in August 2023?

85.3% of 626 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 86.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 76.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

August 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for LBB · methodology · corrections.