Lubbock Preston Smith International in August 2024

89.2%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 August 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 544 domestic departures from Lubbock Preston Smith International (LBB). 89.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 88.8% reached their destination on time; 0.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.4% of flights departed on time and 74.7% arrived on time, so LBB departures were 13.8 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in August 2023, the airport had 626 departures with 85.3% leaving on time: a change of +3.9 points, with flights down 13%.

Flights arriving at LBB that month were on time 84.4% of the time (545 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 65%, air carrier 23% and national aviation system 11%.

On time 88.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 10.8%
Cancelled 0.4%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Aug 2024	Aug 2023	LBB, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2024
Departed on time	89.2%	85.3%	81.3%	75.4%
Arrived on time	88.8%	86.3%	81.1%	74.7%
Cancelled	0.4%	0.5%	1.7%	2.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	9.8 min	11.8 min	16.6 min	18.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	18	21	18	20,634
Scheduled departures	544	626	6,557	619,025

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MQ Envoy Air	236	43%	89.8%	5.0 min	0.0%
WN Southwest Airlines	221	41%	88.2%	-2.6 min	0.5%
OO SkyWest Airlines	87	16%	87.4%	-2.0 min	1.1%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LBB–DFW	Lubbock to Dallas/Fort Worth	261	88.9%	4.3 min	0.0%
LBB–DAL	Lubbock to Dallas	132	87.1%	-0.3 min	0.8%
LBB–DEN	Lubbock to Denver	54	87.0%	-2.2 min	1.9%
LBB–LAS	Lubbock to Las Vegas	31	87.1%	-5.9 min	0.0%
LBB–PHX	Lubbock to Phoenix	31	93.5%	-4.1 min	0.0%
LBB–AUS	Lubbock to Austin	26	96.2%	-8.8 min	0.0%
LBB–HOU	Lubbock to Houston	9	88.9%	-2.4 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), August 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	23.2%	33.8%	1,135
Late-arriving aircraft	65.1%	39.8%	3,185
National Aviation System	10.9%	20.4%	535
Extreme weather	0.1%	5.9%	3
Security	0.7%	0.1%	32

4,890 delay minutes on 59 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 August 2024?

89.2% of 544 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 88.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.4% and 74.7%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In August 2023, 85.3% of 626 departures left on time and 0.5% were cancelled, against 89.2% and 0.4% in August 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 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.