South Bend International in January 2024

60.9%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 January 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 507 domestic departures from South Bend International (SBN). 60.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 55.6% reached their destination on time; 9.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 74.0% of flights departed on time and 72.9% arrived on time, so SBN departures were 13.1 points below the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at SBN that month were on time 62.6% of the time (508 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 47%, late-arriving aircraft 24% and extreme weather 17%.

On time 55.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 34.9%
Cancelled 9.3%
Diverted 0.2%

Every scheduled departure from SBN in January 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jan 2024	Year earlier	SBN, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2024
Departed on time	60.9%	—	74.0%	74.0%
Arrived on time	55.6%	—	70.3%	72.9%
Cancelled	9.3%	—	2.5%	3.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	37.9 min	—	27.3 min	18.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	17	—	22	18,242
Scheduled departures	507	—	8,096	547,271

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	355	70%	52.4%	29.8 min	11.8%
OH PSA Airlines	86	17%	51.2%	46.0 min	4.7%
G4 Allegiant Air	65	13%	78.5%	15.2 min	1.5%
9E Endeavor Air	1	0%	100.0%	-11.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SBN–ORD	South Bend to Chicago	147	51.0%	24.1 min	21.1%
SBN–CLT	South Bend to Charlotte	86	51.2%	46.0 min	4.7%
SBN–ATL	South Bend to Atlanta	85	48.2%	30.6 min	4.7%
SBN–DFW	South Bend to Dallas/Fort Worth	62	48.4%	35.8 min	6.5%
SBN–DTW	South Bend to Detroit	31	64.5%	40.6 min	6.5%
SBN–MSP	South Bend to Minneapolis	31	67.7%	26.2 min	3.2%
SBN–PGD	South Bend to Punta Gorda	15	60.0%	19.2 min	0.0%
SBN–PIE	South Bend to St. Petersburg	12	66.7%	3.9 min	0.0%
SBN–SFB	South Bend to Sanford	11	81.8%	114.1 min	9.1%
SBN–AZA	South Bend to Phoenix	9	100.0%	-27.4 min	0.0%
SBN–LAS	South Bend to Las Vegas	9	100.0%	-29.8 min	0.0%
SBN–SRQ	South Bend to Sarasota/Bradenton	9	77.8%	1.1 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), January 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	47.1%	32.6%	8,754
Late-arriving aircraft	23.7%	39.0%	4,410
National Aviation System	12.2%	17.9%	2,265
Extreme weather	17.0%	10.3%	3,171
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

18,600 delay minutes on 177 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 January 2024?

60.9% of 507 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 55.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 74.0% and 72.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

January 2023 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 January 2024; 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.