South Bend International in August 2023

85.3%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 August 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 496 domestic departures from South Bend International (SBN). 85.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 83.3% reached their destination on time; 0.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 76.9% arrived on time, so SBN departures were 8.6 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at SBN that month were on time 80.6% of the time (496 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 56%, late-arriving aircraft 19% and national aviation system 15%.

On time 83.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 14.7%
Cancelled 0.8%
Diverted 1.2%

Every scheduled departure from SBN in August 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

August 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Aug 2023	Year earlier	SBN, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2023
Departed on time	85.3%	—	74.0%	76.7%
Arrived on time	83.3%	—	70.3%	76.9%
Cancelled	0.8%	—	2.5%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	12.4 min	—	27.3 min	17.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	17	—	22	20,100
Scheduled departures	496	—	8,096	602,987

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	358	72%	84.9%	-1.2 min	0.6%
OH PSA Airlines	91	18%	84.6%	3.2 min	1.1%
G4 Allegiant Air	47	9%	68.1%	15.4 min	2.1%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SBN–ORD	South Bend to Chicago	155	83.9%	4.6 min	0.6%
SBN–DFW	South Bend to Dallas/Fort Worth	93	88.2%	-7.9 min	0.0%
SBN–CLT	South Bend to Charlotte	91	84.6%	3.2 min	1.1%
SBN–ATL	South Bend to Atlanta	79	81.0%	-0.6 min	1.3%
SBN–MSP	South Bend to Minneapolis	31	90.3%	-10.8 min	0.0%
SBN–LAS	South Bend to Las Vegas	9	66.7%	16.7 min	0.0%
SBN–PGD	South Bend to Punta Gorda	9	77.8%	8.3 min	0.0%
SBN–PIE	South Bend to St. Petersburg	9	44.4%	16.1 min	11.1%
SBN–AZA	South Bend to Phoenix	8	87.5%	1.9 min	0.0%
SBN–SFB	South Bend to Sanford	8	62.5%	20.6 min	0.0%
SBN–SRQ	South Bend to Sarasota/Bradenton	4	75.0%	43.5 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), August 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	56.1%	36.7%	3,104
Late-arriving aircraft	18.5%	42.2%	1,024
National Aviation System	14.5%	15.7%	803
Extreme weather	10.9%	5.1%	602
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

5,533 delay minutes on 73 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 SBN on time in August 2023?

85.3% of 496 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 83.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 76.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

August 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for SBN · methodology · corrections.