Lubbock Preston Smith International in April 2024

81.0%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 April 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 483 domestic departures from Lubbock Preston Smith International (LBB). 81.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 78.3% reached their destination on time; 1.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.5% of flights departed on time and 80.2% arrived on time, so LBB departures were 0.5 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at LBB that month were on time 76.6% of the time (483 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 47%, national aviation system 18% and extreme weather 17%.

On time 78.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 20.5%
Cancelled 1.0%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Apr 2024	Year earlier	LBB, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Apr 2024
Departed on time	81.0%	—	81.3%	80.5%
Arrived on time	78.3%	—	81.1%	80.2%
Cancelled	1.0%	—	1.7%	0.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	13.7 min	—	16.6 min	14.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	16	—	18	19,406
Scheduled departures	483	—	6,557	582,185

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	222	46%	82.9%	1.1 min	0.5%
MQ Envoy Air	144	30%	71.5%	8.7 min	2.1%
OO SkyWest Airlines	87	18%	81.6%	9.8 min	1.1%
AA American Airlines	30	6%	66.7%	21.9 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LBB–DFW	Lubbock to Dallas/Fort Worth	201	71.6%	10.7 min	2.0%
LBB–DAL	Lubbock to Dallas	137	82.5%	3.2 min	0.7%
LBB–DEN	Lubbock to Denver	51	78.4%	5.2 min	0.0%
LBB–LAS	Lubbock to Las Vegas	30	70.0%	10.4 min	0.0%
LBB–PHX	Lubbock to Phoenix	30	93.3%	1.1 min	0.0%
LBB–AUS	Lubbock to Austin	26	96.2%	-5.8 min	0.0%
LBB–HOU	Lubbock to Houston	8	87.5%	-2.0 min	0.0%

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 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Apr 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	16.5%	33.6%	1,056
Late-arriving aircraft	47.2%	41.0%	3,026
National Aviation System	17.6%	20.0%	1,131
Extreme weather	17.3%	5.1%	1,107
Security	1.5%	0.2%	97

6,417 delay minutes on 99 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 April 2024?

81.0% of 483 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 78.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.5% and 80.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

April 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 April 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.