Lubbock Preston Smith International in March 2025

80.6%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 March 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 530 domestic departures from Lubbock Preston Smith International (LBB). 80.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.2% reached their destination on time; 3.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.9% of flights departed on time and 79.3% arrived on time, so LBB departures were 0.7 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in March 2024, the airport had 543 departures with 83.6% leaving on time: a change of −3.0 points, with flights down 2%.

Flights arriving at LBB that month were on time 75.3% of the time (530 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 55%, late-arriving aircraft 22% and national aviation system 16%.

On time 80.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 16.2%
Cancelled 3.2%
Diverted 0.4%

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

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

Measure	Mar 2025	Mar 2024	LBB, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2025
Departed on time	80.6%	83.6%	81.3%	79.9%
Arrived on time	80.2%	80.7%	81.1%	79.3%
Cancelled	3.2%	1.3%	1.7%	1.2%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	15.8 min	17.6 min	16.6 min	14.9 min
Scheduled departures a day	18	18	18	20,029
Scheduled departures	530	543	6,557	600,872

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	220	42%	85.0%	-4.3 min	2.7%
MQ Envoy Air	164	31%	74.4%	11.3 min	4.3%
OO SkyWest Airlines	115	22%	79.1%	16.4 min	2.6%
AA American Airlines	31	6%	80.6%	12.9 min	3.2%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LBB–DFW	Lubbock to Dallas/Fort Worth	217	76.5%	9.8 min	4.1%
LBB–DAL	Lubbock to Dallas	135	85.9%	-5.3 min	3.0%
LBB–DEN	Lubbock to Denver	85	70.6%	8.0 min	3.5%
LBB–LAS	Lubbock to Las Vegas	31	80.6%	-3.1 min	3.2%
LBB–PHX	Lubbock to Phoenix	31	90.3%	46.6 min	0.0%
LBB–AUS	Lubbock to Austin	26	100.0%	-11.9 min	0.0%
LBB–HOU	Lubbock to Houston	5	80.0%	3.2 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), March 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	55.0%	33.0%	4,372
Late-arriving aircraft	22.3%	39.2%	1,771
National Aviation System	16.1%	21.9%	1,277
Extreme weather	6.6%	5.9%	522
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

7,942 delay minutes on 86 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 March 2025?

80.6% of 530 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.9% and 79.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In March 2024, 83.6% of 543 departures left on time and 1.3% were cancelled, against 80.6% and 3.2% in March 2025.

Provenance

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