Lubbock Preston Smith International in July 2024

82.7%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 July 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 520 domestic departures from Lubbock Preston Smith International (LBB). 82.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 82.5% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 68.5% of flights departed on time and 68.1% arrived on time, so LBB departures were 14.2 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at LBB that month were on time 72.7% of the time (520 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 39%, air carrier 28% and extreme weather 24%.

On time 82.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.3%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Jul 2024	Year earlier	LBB, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jul 2024
Departed on time	82.7%	—	81.3%	68.5%
Arrived on time	82.5%	—	81.1%	68.1%
Cancelled	0.0%	—	1.7%	2.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	13.4 min	—	16.6 min	24.9 min
Scheduled departures a day	17	—	18	21,154
Scheduled departures	520	—	6,557	634,613

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	223	43%	88.3%	-4.2 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	202	39%	74.8%	11.3 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	91	18%	84.6%	18.2 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	4	1%	100.0%	-6.2 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LBB–DFW	Lubbock to Dallas/Fort Worth	235	74.9%	15.2 min	0.0%
LBB–DAL	Lubbock to Dallas	138	88.4%	-3.5 min	0.0%
LBB–DEN	Lubbock to Denver	51	90.2%	-4.6 min	0.0%
LBB–LAS	Lubbock to Las Vegas	31	80.6%	1.7 min	0.0%
LBB–PHX	Lubbock to Phoenix	31	90.3%	9.8 min	0.0%
LBB–AUS	Lubbock to Austin	26	96.2%	-7.5 min	0.0%
LBB–HOU	Lubbock to Houston	8	87.5%	-7.7 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), July 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jul 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	27.6%	36.6%	1,800
Late-arriving aircraft	38.7%	42.7%	2,523
National Aviation System	9.6%	16.0%	623
Extreme weather	24.2%	4.6%	1,577
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

6,523 delay minutes on 90 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 July 2024?

82.7% of 520 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 82.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 68.5% and 68.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

July 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 July 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.