Lubbock Preston Smith International in November 2025

82.4%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 November 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 544 domestic departures from Lubbock Preston Smith International (LBB). 82.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.0% reached their destination on time; 2.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.1% of flights departed on time and 77.3% arrived on time, so LBB departures were 4.3 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in November 2024, the airport had 505 departures with 79.4% leaving on time: a change of +3.0 points, with flights up 8%.

Flights arriving at LBB that month were on time 79.0% of the time (542 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 39%, air carrier 30% and national aviation system 21%.

On time 80.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.5%
Cancelled 2.2%
Diverted 0.4%

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

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

Measure	Nov 2025	Nov 2024	LBB, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2025
Departed on time	82.4%	79.4%	81.3%	78.1%
Arrived on time	80.0%	78.6%	81.1%	77.3%
Cancelled	2.2%	2.0%	1.7%	2.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	16.0 min	15.8 min	16.6 min	15.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	18	17	18	19,018
Scheduled departures	544	505	6,557	570,550

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	224	41%	85.3%	-0.8 min	2.2%
MQ Envoy Air	144	26%	78.5%	6.7 min	0.7%
OO SkyWest Airlines	92	17%	78.3%	8.7 min	1.1%
AA American Airlines	55	10%	72.7%	6.2 min	7.3%
OH PSA Airlines	29	5%	65.5%	50.9 min	3.4%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LBB–DFW	Lubbock to Dallas/Fort Worth	201	72.6%	15.7 min	3.0%
LBB–DAL	Lubbock to Dallas	139	82.0%	3.6 min	1.4%
LBB–DEN	Lubbock to Denver	77	76.6%	11.4 min	3.9%
LBB–PHX	Lubbock to Phoenix	33	93.9%	-12.2 min	0.0%
LBB–IAH	Lubbock to Houston	30	86.7%	-1.4 min	0.0%
LBB–LAS	Lubbock to Las Vegas	30	86.7%	-3.2 min	3.3%
LBB–AUS	Lubbock to Austin	27	100.0%	-17.9 min	0.0%
LBB–HOU	Lubbock to Houston	6	83.3%	-7.5 min	0.0%
LBB–SLC	Lubbock to Salt Lake City	1	100.0%	-15.0 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), November 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	29.7%	30.2%	2,410
Late-arriving aircraft	39.0%	38.3%	3,162
National Aviation System	20.8%	26.7%	1,685
Extreme weather	10.5%	4.6%	853
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

8,110 delay minutes on 95 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 November 2025?

82.4% of 544 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.1% and 77.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In November 2024, 79.4% of 505 departures left on time and 2.0% were cancelled, against 82.4% and 2.2% in November 2025.

Provenance

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