Lubbock Preston Smith International in October 2025

85.9%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 October 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 581 domestic departures from Lubbock Preston Smith International (LBB). 85.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 84.3% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.0% of flights departed on time and 79.1% arrived on time, so LBB departures were 5.9 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in October 2024, the airport had 522 departures with 89.3% leaving on time: a change of −3.4 points, with flights up 11%.

Flights arriving at LBB that month were on time 80.4% of the time (581 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 42%, air carrier 33% and national aviation system 16%.

On time 84.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.0%
Cancelled 0.5%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2025	Oct 2024	LBB, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2025
Departed on time	85.9%	89.3%	81.3%	80.0%
Arrived on time	84.3%	87.5%	81.1%	79.1%
Cancelled	0.5%	0.0%	1.7%	0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	10.4 min	10.3 min	16.6 min	13.9 min
Scheduled departures a day	19	17	18	20,195
Scheduled departures	581	522	6,557	605,844

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	228	39%	83.8%	-1.3 min	0.4%
MQ Envoy Air	170	29%	85.9%	1.0 min	0.6%
OO SkyWest Airlines	148	25%	81.1%	1.0 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	35	6%	94.3%	-11.3 min	2.9%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LBB–DFW	Lubbock to Dallas/Fort Worth	261	87.0%	-0.2 min	0.8%
LBB–DAL	Lubbock to Dallas	139	85.6%	-3.1 min	0.7%
LBB–DEN	Lubbock to Denver	79	69.6%	6.3 min	0.0%
LBB–AUS	Lubbock to Austin	31	90.3%	-9.7 min	0.0%
LBB–LAS	Lubbock to Las Vegas	31	71.0%	13.0 min	0.0%
LBB–PHX	Lubbock to Phoenix	31	100.0%	-15.6 min	0.0%
LBB–HOU	Lubbock to Houston	5	100.0%	-8.4 min	0.0%
LBB–IAH	Lubbock to Houston	4	75.0%	11.5 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), October 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	32.6%	34.0%	1,873
Late-arriving aircraft	42.1%	39.7%	2,418
National Aviation System	16.3%	22.9%	938
Extreme weather	8.9%	3.3%	509
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

5,738 delay minutes on 87 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 October 2025?

85.9% of 581 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 84.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.0% and 79.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2024, 89.3% of 522 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 85.9% and 0.5% in October 2025.

Provenance

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