Lubbock Preston Smith International in January 2025

80.0%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 January 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 496 domestic departures from Lubbock Preston Smith International (LBB). 80.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 79.4% reached their destination on time; 2.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.3% of flights departed on time and 78.6% arrived on time, so LBB departures were 0.7 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in January 2024, the airport had 477 departures with 75.3% leaving on time: a change of +4.7 points, with flights up 4%.

Flights arriving at LBB that month were on time 76.4% of the time (496 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 30%, late-arriving aircraft 28% and extreme weather 27%.

On time 79.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.9%
Cancelled 2.4%
Diverted 0.2%

Every scheduled departure from LBB in January 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jan 2025	Jan 2024	LBB, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2025
Departed on time	80.0%	75.3%	81.3%	79.3%
Arrived on time	79.4%	76.3%	81.1%	78.6%
Cancelled	2.4%	4.0%	1.7%	3.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	15.9 min	21.5 min	16.6 min	14.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	17	16	18	17,992
Scheduled departures	496	477	6,557	539,747

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	202	41%	92.1%	-8.8 min	1.5%
OO SkyWest Airlines	127	26%	66.1%	21.0 min	0.8%
MQ Envoy Air	115	23%	78.3%	10.3 min	3.5%
AA American Airlines	52	10%	65.4%	22.5 min	7.7%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LBB–DFW	Lubbock to Dallas/Fort Worth	201	74.6%	12.5 min	4.5%
LBB–DAL	Lubbock to Dallas	131	93.9%	-12.5 min	2.3%
LBB–DEN	Lubbock to Denver	71	62.0%	17.0 min	0.0%
LBB–LAS	Lubbock to Las Vegas	31	87.1%	-7.0 min	0.0%
LBB–PHX	Lubbock to Phoenix	31	71.0%	39.4 min	0.0%
LBB–AUS	Lubbock to Austin	28	92.9%	0.5 min	0.0%
LBB–HOU	Lubbock to Houston	3	66.7%	29.7 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), January 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	30.0%	36.2%	2,284
Late-arriving aircraft	27.7%	34.7%	2,114
National Aviation System	15.7%	19.9%	1,193
Extreme weather	26.7%	9.1%	2,032
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

7,623 delay minutes on 89 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 January 2025?

80.0% of 496 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 79.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.3% and 78.6%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In January 2024, 75.3% of 477 departures left on time and 4.0% were cancelled, against 80.0% and 2.4% in January 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2025; 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.