Lubbock Preston Smith International in September 2024

88.5%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 September 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 515 domestic departures from Lubbock Preston Smith International (LBB). 88.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 87.2% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.4% of flights departed on time and 83.9% arrived on time, so LBB departures were 4.1 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in September 2023, the airport had 519 departures with 88.1% leaving on time: a change of +0.4 points, with flights down 1%.

Flights arriving at LBB that month were on time 85.0% of the time (515 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 37%, air carrier 36% and national aviation system 27%.

On time 87.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 12.8%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Sep 2024	Sep 2023	LBB, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2024
Departed on time	88.5%	88.1%	81.3%	84.4%
Arrived on time	87.2%	86.9%	81.1%	83.9%
Cancelled	0.0%	0.2%	1.7%	0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	5.9 min	8.0 min	16.6 min	10.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	17	17	18	19,421
Scheduled departures	515	519	6,557	582,622

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MQ Envoy Air	233	45%	84.5%	-1.5 min	0.0%
WN Southwest Airlines	213	41%	88.7%	-3.7 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	69	13%	91.3%	-0.4 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LBB–DFW	Lubbock to Dallas/Fort Worth	242	84.3%	-1.3 min	0.0%
LBB–DAL	Lubbock to Dallas	128	89.1%	-2.9 min	0.0%
LBB–DEN	Lubbock to Denver	51	84.3%	1.9 min	0.0%
LBB–LAS	Lubbock to Las Vegas	30	86.7%	-4.5 min	0.0%
LBB–PHX	Lubbock to Phoenix	30	96.7%	-6.0 min	0.0%
LBB–AUS	Lubbock to Austin	26	96.2%	-7.5 min	0.0%
LBB–HOU	Lubbock to Houston	8	100.0%	-9.5 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), September 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	35.6%	38.6%	1,059
Late-arriving aircraft	36.7%	38.4%	1,092
National Aviation System	26.9%	18.2%	800
Extreme weather	0.9%	4.8%	27
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

2,978 delay minutes on 66 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 September 2024?

88.5% of 515 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 87.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.4% and 83.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In September 2023, 88.1% of 519 departures left on time and 0.2% were cancelled, against 88.5% and 0.0% in September 2024.

Provenance

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