Lubbock Preston Smith International in December 2023

92.2%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 December 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 502 domestic departures from Lubbock Preston Smith International (LBB). 92.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 89.4% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 83.8% arrived on time, so LBB departures were 9.1 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at LBB that month were on time 87.6% of the time (501 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 51%, air carrier 34% and national aviation system 14%.

On time 89.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 10.6%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2023	Year earlier	LBB, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2023
Departed on time	92.2%	—	81.3%	83.1%
Arrived on time	89.4%	—	81.1%	83.8%
Cancelled	0.0%	—	1.7%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	8.2 min	—	16.6 min	11.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	17	—	18	19,013
Scheduled departures	502	—	6,557	570,394

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	245	49%	92.2%	-6.8 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	149	30%	89.9%	0.9 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	80	16%	88.8%	1.5 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	28	6%	64.3%	22.8 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LBB–DFW	Lubbock to Dallas/Fort Worth	195	87.2%	2.6 min	0.0%
LBB–DAL	Lubbock to Dallas	147	93.9%	-7.7 min	0.0%
LBB–DEN	Lubbock to Denver	62	80.6%	7.0 min	0.0%
LBB–LAS	Lubbock to Las Vegas	31	77.4%	-5.8 min	0.0%
LBB–PHX	Lubbock to Phoenix	31	100.0%	-5.3 min	0.0%
LBB–AUS	Lubbock to Austin	28	100.0%	-5.9 min	0.0%
LBB–HOU	Lubbock to Houston	8	100.0%	-9.5 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), December 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	33.7%	37.1%	1,301
Late-arriving aircraft	51.3%	38.8%	1,982
National Aviation System	14.2%	17.6%	550
Extreme weather	0.8%	6.2%	30
Security	0.1%	0.3%	2

3,865 delay minutes on 53 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 December 2023?

92.2% of 502 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 89.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 83.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

December 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 December 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.