Lubbock Preston Smith International in October 2024

89.3%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 October 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 522 domestic departures from Lubbock Preston Smith International (LBB). 89.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 87.5% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.5% of flights departed on time and 85.8% arrived on time, so LBB departures were 3.8 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in October 2023, the airport had 537 departures with 80.1% leaving on time: a change of +9.2 points, with flights down 3%.

Flights arriving at LBB that month were on time 82.8% of the time (522 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 49%, air carrier 37% and national aviation system 13%.

On time 87.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 12.3%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2024	Oct 2023	LBB, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2024
Departed on time	89.3%	80.1%	81.3%	85.5%
Arrived on time	87.5%	80.1%	81.1%	85.8%
Cancelled	0.0%	0.9%	1.7%	1.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	10.3 min	16.4 min	16.6 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	17	18	18	20,517
Scheduled departures	522	537	6,557	615,497

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	218	42%	89.0%	-4.1 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	141	27%	85.8%	5.3 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	115	22%	89.6%	0.9 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	48	9%	81.3%	11.7 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LBB–DFW	Lubbock to Dallas/Fort Worth	237	84.4%	7.3 min	0.0%
LBB–DAL	Lubbock to Dallas	128	91.4%	-5.8 min	0.0%
LBB–DEN	Lubbock to Denver	56	89.3%	-8.6 min	0.0%
LBB–AUS	Lubbock to Austin	31	93.5%	-2.2 min	0.0%
LBB–LAS	Lubbock to Las Vegas	31	87.1%	-5.3 min	0.0%
LBB–PHX	Lubbock to Phoenix	31	96.8%	1.7 min	0.0%
LBB–HOU	Lubbock to Houston	8	50.0%	22.4 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), October 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	37.3%	42.7%	1,869
Late-arriving aircraft	49.3%	37.4%	2,471
National Aviation System	12.5%	16.3%	625
Extreme weather	0.9%	3.4%	47
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

5,012 delay minutes on 64 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 October 2024?

89.3% of 522 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 87.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.5% and 85.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2023, 80.1% of 537 departures left on time and 0.9% were cancelled, against 89.3% and 0.0% in October 2024.

Provenance

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