Lubbock Preston Smith International in February 2024

88.0%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 February 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 442 domestic departures from Lubbock Preston Smith International (LBB). 88.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 85.1% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.0% of flights departed on time and 83.4% arrived on time, so LBB departures were 4.0 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at LBB that month were on time 86.9% of the time (442 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 38%, late-arriving aircraft 30% and national aviation system 29%.

On time 85.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 14.5%
Cancelled 0.5%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from LBB in February 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

February 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Feb 2024	Year earlier	LBB, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2024
Departed on time	88.0%	—	81.3%	84.0%
Arrived on time	85.1%	—	81.1%	83.4%
Cancelled	0.5%	—	1.7%	0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	7.7 min	—	16.6 min	11.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	15	—	18	17,307
Scheduled departures	442	—	6,557	519,221

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	195	44%	88.2%	-5.7 min	0.5%
MQ Envoy Air	125	28%	85.6%	-3.4 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	66	15%	83.3%	-0.2 min	1.5%
AA American Airlines	56	13%	75.0%	8.3 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LBB–DFW	Lubbock to Dallas/Fort Worth	189	82.5%	-0.4 min	0.5%
LBB–DAL	Lubbock to Dallas	116	92.2%	-9.6 min	0.0%
LBB–DEN	Lubbock to Denver	46	76.1%	11.6 min	0.0%
LBB–LAS	Lubbock to Las Vegas	29	75.9%	1.7 min	3.4%
LBB–PHX	Lubbock to Phoenix	29	96.6%	-13.1 min	0.0%
LBB–AUS	Lubbock to Austin	25	84.0%	-0.5 min	0.0%
LBB–HOU	Lubbock to Houston	8	87.5%	-9.9 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), February 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	37.6%	35.9%	1,378
Late-arriving aircraft	29.9%	36.9%	1,096
National Aviation System	28.7%	21.7%	1,052
Extreme weather	3.8%	5.3%	140
Security	0.0%	0.3%	0

3,666 delay minutes on 64 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 February 2024?

88.0% of 442 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 85.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.0% and 83.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

February 2023 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 February 2024; 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.