Lubbock Preston Smith International in February 2026

86.3%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 February 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 496 domestic departures from Lubbock Preston Smith International (LBB). 86.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 84.9% reached their destination on time; 0.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.1% of flights departed on time and 78.3% arrived on time, so LBB departures were 8.2 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2025, the airport had 456 departures with 84.4% leaving on time: a change of +1.9 points, with flights up 9%.

Flights arriving at LBB that month were on time 82.2% of the time (495 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 43%, late-arriving aircraft 38% and national aviation system 16%.

On time 84.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 14.5%
Cancelled 0.6%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Feb 2026	Feb 2025	LBB, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2026
Departed on time	86.3%	84.4%	81.3%	78.1%
Arrived on time	84.9%	83.8%	81.1%	78.3%
Cancelled	0.6%	0.7%	1.7%	2.3%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	14.7 min	14.8 min	16.6 min	15.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	17	15	18	17,168
Scheduled departures	496	456	6,557	515,037

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	196	40%	93.4%	-4.9 min	0.5%
OO SkyWest Airlines	145	29%	75.2%	16.2 min	0.7%
MQ Envoy Air	78	16%	82.1%	-4.0 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	49	10%	75.5%	7.3 min	2.0%
AA American Airlines	28	6%	100.0%	-17.9 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LBB–DFW	Lubbock to Dallas/Fort Worth	172	81.4%	-1.4 min	1.2%
LBB–DAL	Lubbock to Dallas	123	91.9%	-0.5 min	0.8%
LBB–DEN	Lubbock to Denver	70	71.4%	20.0 min	0.0%
LBB–IAH	Lubbock to Houston	48	79.2%	19.2 min	0.0%
LBB–LAS	Lubbock to Las Vegas	28	96.4%	-13.8 min	0.0%
LBB–PHX	Lubbock to Phoenix	28	92.9%	-8.4 min	0.0%
LBB–AUS	Lubbock to Austin	27	100.0%	-18.5 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), February 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	43.0%	38.2%	2,897
Late-arriving aircraft	38.4%	37.2%	2,589
National Aviation System	15.7%	18.5%	1,056
Extreme weather	2.9%	6.0%	193
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

6,735 delay minutes on 72 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 February 2026?

86.3% of 496 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 84.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.1% and 78.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2025, 84.4% of 456 departures left on time and 0.7% were cancelled, against 86.3% and 0.6% in February 2026.

Provenance

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