Lubbock Preston Smith International in May 2024

71.7%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 May 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 561 domestic departures from Lubbock Preston Smith International (LBB). 71.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 69.7% reached their destination on time; 6.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 73.4% of flights departed on time and 72.3% arrived on time, so LBB departures were 1.7 points below the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at LBB that month were on time 59.9% of the time (561 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 34%, air carrier 34% and extreme weather 18%.

On time 69.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 23.5%
Cancelled 6.1%
Diverted 0.7%

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

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

Measure	May 2024	Year earlier	LBB, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, May 2024
Departed on time	71.7%	—	81.3%	73.4%
Arrived on time	69.7%	—	81.1%	72.3%
Cancelled	6.1%	—	1.7%	1.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	26.9 min	—	16.6 min	20.8 min
Scheduled departures a day	19	—	18	20,325
Scheduled departures	561	—	6,557	609,743

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	230	41%	76.1%	9.3 min	2.6%
MQ Envoy Air	148	26%	61.5%	28.3 min	9.5%
OO SkyWest Airlines	126	22%	66.7%	31.6 min	7.1%
AA American Airlines	57	10%	71.9%	7.8 min	8.8%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LBB–DFW	Lubbock to Dallas/Fort Worth	233	63.5%	30.8 min	9.0%
LBB–DAL	Lubbock to Dallas	142	72.5%	16.2 min	4.2%
LBB–DEN	Lubbock to Denver	53	71.7%	17.6 min	3.8%
LBB–IAH	Lubbock to Houston	36	52.8%	12.4 min	13.9%
LBB–LAS	Lubbock to Las Vegas	31	77.4%	1.9 min	0.0%
LBB–PHX	Lubbock to Phoenix	31	96.8%	-5.9 min	0.0%
LBB–AUS	Lubbock to Austin	27	85.2%	5.2 min	0.0%
LBB–HOU	Lubbock to Houston	8	75.0%	-6.2 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), May 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, May 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	33.9%	29.8%	4,684
Late-arriving aircraft	34.3%	43.0%	4,728
National Aviation System	13.8%	20.1%	1,907
Extreme weather	18.0%	7.0%	2,484
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

13,803 delay minutes on 132 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 May 2024?

71.7% of 561 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 69.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 73.4% and 72.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

May 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 May 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.