Lubbock Preston Smith International in March 2026

81.6%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 March 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 548 domestic departures from Lubbock Preston Smith International (LBB). 81.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 82.5% reached their destination on time; 2.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 72.8% of flights departed on time and 73.2% arrived on time, so LBB departures were 8.8 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in March 2025, the airport had 530 departures with 80.6% leaving on time: a change of +1.0 points, with flights up 3%.

Flights arriving at LBB that month were on time 74.8% of the time (548 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 42%, late-arriving aircraft 38% and national aviation system 13%.

On time 82.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.0%
Cancelled 2.6%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Mar 2026	Mar 2025	LBB, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2026
Departed on time	81.6%	80.6%	81.3%	72.8%
Arrived on time	82.5%	80.2%	81.1%	73.2%
Cancelled	2.6%	3.2%	1.7%	2.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	16.7 min	15.8 min	16.6 min	20.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	18	18	18	20,403
Scheduled departures	548	530	6,557	612,102

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	231	42%	80.5%	-1.5 min	0.4%
OO SkyWest Airlines	147	27%	85.0%	-1.1 min	2.7%
MQ Envoy Air	77	14%	92.2%	4.8 min	1.3%
OH PSA Airlines	62	11%	67.7%	32.7 min	12.9%
AA American Airlines	31	6%	90.3%	-6.1 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LBB–DFW	Lubbock to Dallas/Fort Worth	201	83.1%	9.7 min	5.0%
LBB–DAL	Lubbock to Dallas	117	81.2%	-3.2 min	0.0%
LBB–DEN	Lubbock to Denver	107	82.2%	7.4 min	3.7%
LBB–LAS	Lubbock to Las Vegas	31	77.4%	-8.7 min	0.0%
LBB–PHX	Lubbock to Phoenix	31	96.8%	-25.2 min	0.0%
LBB–AUS	Lubbock to Austin	27	92.6%	-10.9 min	0.0%
LBB–HOU	Lubbock to Houston	27	59.3%	25.1 min	0.0%
LBB–IAH	Lubbock to Houston	7	100.0%	-16.3 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), March 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	41.7%	33.5%	3,414
Late-arriving aircraft	37.7%	39.3%	3,081
National Aviation System	13.4%	21.0%	1,095
Extreme weather	7.2%	5.9%	588
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

8,178 delay minutes on 82 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 March 2026?

81.6% of 548 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 82.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.8% and 73.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In March 2025, 80.6% of 530 departures left on time and 3.2% were cancelled, against 81.6% and 2.6% in March 2026.

Provenance

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