Lubbock Preston Smith International in January 2026

80.0%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 January 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 541 domestic departures from Lubbock Preston Smith International (LBB). 80.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 77.8% reached their destination on time; 9.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.6% of flights departed on time and 75.3% arrived on time, so LBB departures were 4.4 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in January 2025, the airport had 496 departures with 80.0% leaving on time: a change of 0.0 points, with flights up 9%.

Flights arriving at LBB that month were on time 77.1% of the time (541 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 38%, late-arriving aircraft 36% and national aviation system 14%.

On time 77.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 12.9%
Cancelled 9.1%
Diverted 0.2%

Every scheduled departure from LBB in January 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jan 2026	Jan 2025	LBB, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2026
Departed on time	80.0%	80.0%	81.3%	75.6%
Arrived on time	77.8%	79.4%	81.1%	75.3%
Cancelled	9.1%	2.4%	1.7%	4.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	13.3 min	15.9 min	16.6 min	16.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	18	17	18	18,133
Scheduled departures	541	496	6,557	544,003

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	201	37%	82.6%	-7.8 min	8.5%
OO SkyWest Airlines	138	26%	66.7%	15.2 min	9.4%
MQ Envoy Air	114	21%	85.1%	2.0 min	6.1%
OH PSA Airlines	57	11%	73.7%	-1.2 min	12.3%
AA American Airlines	31	6%	77.4%	6.3 min	16.1%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LBB–DFW	Lubbock to Dallas/Fort Worth	208	76.9%	3.5 min	10.1%
LBB–DAL	Lubbock to Dallas	128	82.0%	-7.1 min	8.6%
LBB–DEN	Lubbock to Denver	68	64.7%	18.0 min	8.8%
LBB–IAH	Lubbock to Houston	44	70.5%	12.2 min	11.4%
LBB–LAS	Lubbock to Las Vegas	31	83.9%	-9.3 min	9.7%
LBB–PHX	Lubbock to Phoenix	31	87.1%	1.8 min	3.2%
LBB–AUS	Lubbock to Austin	27	88.9%	-16.7 min	7.4%
LBB–HOU	Lubbock to Houston	3	100.0%	-4.0 min	0.0%
LBB–MIA	Lubbock to Miami	1	100.0%	0.0 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

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On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), January 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	38.1%	37.3%	2,425
Late-arriving aircraft	35.7%	35.0%	2,276
National Aviation System	13.9%	18.0%	887
Extreme weather	12.3%	9.6%	784
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

6,372 delay minutes on 70 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 January 2026?

80.0% of 541 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 77.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.6% and 75.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In January 2025, 80.0% of 496 departures left on time and 2.4% were cancelled, against 80.0% and 9.1% in January 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2026; 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.