South Bend International in September 2023

79.6%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 September 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 558 domestic departures from South Bend International (SBN). 79.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 79.0% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.5% of flights departed on time and 80.1% arrived on time, so SBN departures were 0.9 points below the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at SBN that month were on time 78.0% of the time (559 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 61%, late-arriving aircraft 24% and national aviation system 13%.

On time 79.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 20.8%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Sep 2023	Year earlier	SBN, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2023
Departed on time	79.6%	—	74.0%	80.5%
Arrived on time	79.0%	—	70.3%	80.1%
Cancelled	0.0%	—	2.5%	1.2%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	17.2 min	—	27.3 min	14.1 min
Scheduled departures a day	19	—	22	18,978
Scheduled departures	558	—	8,096	569,338

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	402	72%	78.6%	8.7 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	88	16%	86.4%	4.5 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	43	8%	72.1%	8.6 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	17	3%	76.5%	8.4 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	4	1%	25.0%	73.5 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	3	1%	100.0%	-4.0 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	1	0%	100.0%	-34.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SBN–ORD	South Bend to Chicago	180	71.1%	14.3 min	0.0%
SBN–CLT	South Bend to Charlotte	88	86.4%	4.5 min	0.0%
SBN–DFW	South Bend to Dallas/Fort Worth	88	77.3%	2.2 min	0.0%
SBN–ATL	South Bend to Atlanta	81	86.4%	6.5 min	0.0%
SBN–MSP	South Bend to Minneapolis	30	90.0%	18.4 min	0.0%
SBN–DTW	South Bend to Detroit	29	93.1%	-10.0 min	0.0%
SBN–AZA	South Bend to Phoenix	9	88.9%	8.2 min	0.0%
SBN–LGA	South Bend to New York	9	66.7%	17.1 min	0.0%
SBN–PIE	South Bend to St. Petersburg	9	88.9%	9.9 min	0.0%
SBN–SFB	South Bend to Sanford	9	77.8%	0.7 min	0.0%
SBN–LAS	South Bend to Las Vegas	8	75.0%	4.8 min	0.0%
SBN–PGD	South Bend to Punta Gorda	8	25.0%	20.4 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), September 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	60.7%	36.4%	5,614
Late-arriving aircraft	24.0%	38.3%	2,215
National Aviation System	12.7%	19.9%	1,171
Extreme weather	2.7%	5.1%	247
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

9,247 delay minutes on 116 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 September 2023?

79.6% of 558 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 79.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.5% and 80.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

September 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 September 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.