Lubbock Preston Smith International in April 2025

75.5%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 April 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 535 domestic departures from Lubbock Preston Smith International (LBB). 75.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 72.5% reached their destination on time; 3.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.6% of flights departed on time and 79.5% arrived on time, so LBB departures were 5.1 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in April 2024, the airport had 483 departures with 81.0% leaving on time: a change of −5.5 points, with flights up 11%.

Flights arriving at LBB that month were on time 68.2% of the time (535 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 43%, late-arriving aircraft 27% and national aviation system 24%.

On time 72.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 24.1%
Cancelled 3.4%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Apr 2025	Apr 2024	LBB, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Apr 2025
Departed on time	75.5%	81.0%	81.3%	80.6%
Arrived on time	72.5%	78.3%	81.1%	79.5%
Cancelled	3.4%	1.0%	1.7%	0.8%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	23.0 min	13.7 min	16.6 min	14.1 min
Scheduled departures a day	18	16	18	19,465
Scheduled departures	535	483	6,557	583,950

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	220	41%	78.2%	4.9 min	2.3%
MQ Envoy Air	170	32%	67.6%	11.1 min	6.5%
OO SkyWest Airlines	92	17%	68.5%	21.1 min	1.1%
AA American Airlines	53	10%	71.7%	68.1 min	1.9%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LBB–DFW	Lubbock to Dallas/Fort Worth	225	68.9%	24.9 min	5.3%
LBB–DAL	Lubbock to Dallas	137	75.9%	7.8 min	3.6%
LBB–DEN	Lubbock to Denver	80	60.0%	29.1 min	1.3%
LBB–LAS	Lubbock to Las Vegas	30	76.7%	2.8 min	0.0%
LBB–PHX	Lubbock to Phoenix	30	93.3%	-10.3 min	0.0%
LBB–AUS	Lubbock to Austin	26	88.5%	-3.3 min	0.0%
LBB–HOU	Lubbock to Houston	7	100.0%	-7.6 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), April 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Apr 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	42.5%	32.7%	5,162
Late-arriving aircraft	27.2%	39.4%	3,304
National Aviation System	23.5%	22.2%	2,860
Extreme weather	6.8%	5.5%	828
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

12,154 delay minutes on 129 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 April 2025?

75.5% of 535 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 72.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.6% and 79.5%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In April 2024, 81.0% of 483 departures left on time and 1.0% were cancelled, against 75.5% and 3.4% in April 2025.

Provenance

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