South Bend International in October 2023

87.1%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 October 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 574 domestic departures from South Bend International (SBN). 87.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 86.2% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.8% of flights departed on time and 84.0% arrived on time, so SBN departures were 3.3 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at SBN that month were on time 84.7% of the time (574 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 74%, late-arriving aircraft 21% and extreme weather 3%.

On time 86.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 13.6%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2023	Year earlier	SBN, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2023
Departed on time	87.1%	—	74.0%	83.8%
Arrived on time	86.2%	—	70.3%	84.0%
Cancelled	0.0%	—	2.5%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	17.9 min	—	27.3 min	11.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	19	—	22	19,966
Scheduled departures	574	—	8,096	598,968

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	390	68%	86.4%	-3.8 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	88	15%	93.2%	1.1 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	68	12%	83.8%	26.6 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	10	2%	60.0%	141.4 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	10	2%	80.0%	4.4 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	4	1%	100.0%	-8.7 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	2	0%	0.0%	514.5 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	2	0%	50.0%	12.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SBN–ORD	South Bend to Chicago	187	83.4%	4.1 min	0.0%
SBN–CLT	South Bend to Charlotte	88	93.2%	1.1 min	0.0%
SBN–ATL	South Bend to Atlanta	86	95.3%	-15.3 min	0.0%
SBN–DFW	South Bend to Dallas/Fort Worth	67	77.6%	14.0 min	0.0%
SBN–DTW	South Bend to Detroit	31	83.9%	1.0 min	0.0%
SBN–MSP	South Bend to Minneapolis	31	96.8%	-32.9 min	0.0%
SBN–PGD	South Bend to Punta Gorda	15	73.3%	7.5 min	0.0%
SBN–AZA	South Bend to Phoenix	14	92.9%	11.4 min	0.0%
SBN–SFB	South Bend to Sanford	14	85.7%	12.1 min	0.0%
SBN–LAS	South Bend to Las Vegas	9	66.7%	162.2 min	0.0%
SBN–PIE	South Bend to St. Petersburg	8	100.0%	-5.9 min	0.0%
SBN–SRQ	South Bend to Sarasota/Bradenton	8	87.5%	-5.6 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), October 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	74.0%	41.3%	7,173
Late-arriving aircraft	21.0%	40.5%	2,041
National Aviation System	2.1%	14.4%	200
Extreme weather	2.7%	3.7%	260
Security	0.3%	0.2%	25

9,699 delay minutes on 78 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 October 2023?

87.1% of 574 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 86.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.8% and 84.0%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

October 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 October 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.