Lubbock Preston Smith International in February 2025

84.4%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 February 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 456 domestic departures from Lubbock Preston Smith International (LBB). 84.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 83.8% reached their destination on time; 0.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.2% of flights departed on time and 77.9% arrived on time, so LBB departures were 5.2 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2024, the airport had 442 departures with 88.0% leaving on time: a change of −3.6 points, with flights up 3%.

Flights arriving at LBB that month were on time 81.4% of the time (456 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 43%, air carrier 39% and national aviation system 10%.

On time 83.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.6%
Cancelled 0.7%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Feb 2025	Feb 2024	LBB, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2025
Departed on time	84.4%	88.0%	81.3%	79.2%
Arrived on time	83.8%	85.1%	81.1%	77.9%
Cancelled	0.7%	0.5%	1.7%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	14.8 min	7.7 min	16.6 min	15.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	15	15	18	16,830
Scheduled departures	456	442	6,557	504,884

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	194	43%	90.2%	-5.3 min	0.5%
MQ Envoy Air	118	26%	81.4%	7.8 min	0.8%
OO SkyWest Airlines	110	24%	74.5%	14.0 min	0.9%
AA American Airlines	34	7%	85.3%	7.9 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LBB–DFW	Lubbock to Dallas/Fort Worth	178	82.6%	6.8 min	0.6%
LBB–DAL	Lubbock to Dallas	123	91.1%	-6.6 min	0.8%
LBB–DEN	Lubbock to Denver	73	71.2%	16.4 min	1.4%
LBB–LAS	Lubbock to Las Vegas	28	96.4%	-5.3 min	0.0%
LBB–PHX	Lubbock to Phoenix	28	78.6%	14.3 min	0.0%
LBB–AUS	Lubbock to Austin	24	87.5%	-6.4 min	0.0%
LBB–HOU	Lubbock to Houston	2	50.0%	5.0 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), February 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	38.7%	33.9%	2,487
Late-arriving aircraft	42.7%	36.9%	2,743
National Aviation System	9.7%	22.5%	626
Extreme weather	8.5%	6.6%	546
Security	0.4%	0.1%	25

6,427 delay minutes on 71 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 February 2025?

84.4% of 456 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 83.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.2% and 77.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2024, 88.0% of 442 departures left on time and 0.5% were cancelled, against 84.4% and 0.7% in February 2025.

Provenance

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