Lubbock Preston Smith International in November 2024

79.4%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 November 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 505 domestic departures from Lubbock Preston Smith International (LBB). 79.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 78.6% reached their destination on time; 2.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.2% of flights departed on time and 84.8% arrived on time, so LBB departures were 5.8 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in November 2023, the airport had 483 departures with 91.3% leaving on time: a change of −11.9 points, with flights up 5%.

Flights arriving at LBB that month were on time 76.8% of the time (505 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 35%, late-arriving aircraft 32% and national aviation system 19%.

On time 78.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.4%
Cancelled 2.0%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Nov 2024	Nov 2023	LBB, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2024
Departed on time	79.4%	91.3%	81.3%	85.2%
Arrived on time	78.6%	90.3%	81.1%	84.8%
Cancelled	2.0%	0.2%	1.7%	0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	15.8 min	5.2 min	16.6 min	10.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	17	16	18	19,180
Scheduled departures	505	483	6,557	575,404

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	222	44%	83.8%	0.1 min	0.5%
OO SkyWest Airlines	123	24%	74.0%	10.6 min	4.9%
MQ Envoy Air	104	21%	80.8%	15.6 min	1.0%
AA American Airlines	56	11%	64.3%	15.4 min	3.6%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LBB–DFW	Lubbock to Dallas/Fort Worth	194	73.2%	15.9 min	3.6%
LBB–DAL	Lubbock to Dallas	139	79.9%	0.6 min	0.7%
LBB–DEN	Lubbock to Denver	81	77.8%	1.8 min	2.5%
LBB–LAS	Lubbock to Las Vegas	30	83.3%	5.8 min	0.0%
LBB–PHX	Lubbock to Phoenix	30	86.7%	12.6 min	0.0%
LBB–AUS	Lubbock to Austin	27	96.3%	0.0 min	0.0%
LBB–HOU	Lubbock to Houston	4	100.0%	-9.0 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), November 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	34.9%	36.9%	2,591
Late-arriving aircraft	32.2%	35.6%	2,392
National Aviation System	18.9%	21.9%	1,405
Extreme weather	14.0%	5.4%	1,044
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

7,432 delay minutes on 98 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 November 2024?

79.4% of 505 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 78.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.2% and 84.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In November 2023, 91.3% of 483 departures left on time and 0.2% were cancelled, against 79.4% and 2.0% in November 2024.

Provenance

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