Lubbock Preston Smith International in July 2025

80.2%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 July 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 585 domestic departures from Lubbock Preston Smith International (LBB). 80.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 78.1% reached their destination on time; 1.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 69.7% of flights departed on time and 69.0% arrived on time, so LBB departures were 10.5 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in July 2024, the airport had 520 departures with 82.7% leaving on time: a change of −2.5 points, with flights up 13%.

Flights arriving at LBB that month were on time 72.0% of the time (585 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 49%, late-arriving aircraft 33% and national aviation system 15%.

On time 78.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.3%
Cancelled 1.7%
Diverted 0.9%

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

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

Measure	Jul 2025	Jul 2024	LBB, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jul 2025
Departed on time	80.2%	82.7%	81.3%	69.7%
Arrived on time	78.1%	82.5%	81.1%	69.0%
Cancelled	1.7%	0.0%	1.7%	2.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	21.7 min	13.4 min	16.6 min	24.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	20	17	18	21,048
Scheduled departures	585	520	6,557	631,428

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	224	38%	83.5%	6.4 min	0.4%
OO SkyWest Airlines	184	31%	65.8%	27.6 min	3.3%
MQ Envoy Air	146	25%	85.6%	7.8 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	31	5%	77.4%	2.9 min	9.7%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LBB–DFW	Lubbock to Dallas/Fort Worth	233	79.8%	9.2 min	3.4%
LBB–DAL	Lubbock to Dallas	137	80.3%	10.7 min	0.7%
LBB–DEN	Lubbock to Denver	83	61.4%	21.2 min	1.2%
LBB–IAH	Lubbock to Houston	35	60.0%	72.1 min	0.0%
LBB–LAS	Lubbock to Las Vegas	31	90.3%	-10.4 min	0.0%
LBB–PHX	Lubbock to Phoenix	31	93.5%	-5.5 min	0.0%
LBB–AUS	Lubbock to Austin	27	92.6%	1.1 min	0.0%
LBB–HOU	Lubbock to Houston	8	87.5%	24.6 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), July 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jul 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	48.6%	31.1%	6,120
Late-arriving aircraft	32.8%	40.8%	4,139
National Aviation System	15.1%	20.7%	1,899
Extreme weather	3.5%	7.3%	443
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

12,601 delay minutes on 113 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 July 2025?

80.2% of 585 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 78.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 69.7% and 69.0%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In July 2024, 82.7% of 520 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 80.2% and 1.7% in July 2025.

Provenance

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