South Bend International in March 2024

84.8%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 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 541 domestic departures from South Bend International (SBN). 84.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 86.5% reached their destination on time; 0.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.5% of flights departed on time and 78.3% arrived on time, so SBN departures were 6.3 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at SBN that month were on time 82.8% of the time (542 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 57%, national aviation system 24% and late-arriving aircraft 10%.

On time 86.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 13.3%
Cancelled 0.2%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Mar 2024	Year earlier	SBN, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2024
Departed on time	84.8%	—	74.0%	78.5%
Arrived on time	86.5%	—	70.3%	78.3%
Cancelled	0.2%	—	2.5%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	12.8 min	—	27.3 min	15.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	18	—	22	19,726
Scheduled departures	541	—	8,096	591,767

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	367	68%	86.9%	-3.1 min	0.3%
OH PSA Airlines	91	17%	92.3%	-4.2 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	83	15%	78.3%	18.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SBN–ORD	South Bend to Chicago	155	86.5%	-4.8 min	0.0%
SBN–CLT	South Bend to Charlotte	91	92.3%	-4.2 min	0.0%
SBN–ATL	South Bend to Atlanta	89	86.5%	-1.4 min	0.0%
SBN–DFW	South Bend to Dallas/Fort Worth	61	85.2%	-2.2 min	1.6%
SBN–DTW	South Bend to Detroit	31	83.9%	0.7 min	0.0%
SBN–MSP	South Bend to Minneapolis	31	96.8%	-5.3 min	0.0%
SBN–PGD	South Bend to Punta Gorda	20	65.0%	26.1 min	0.0%
SBN–PIE	South Bend to St. Petersburg	18	77.8%	20.4 min	0.0%
SBN–SFB	South Bend to Sanford	18	72.2%	2.7 min	0.0%
SBN–AZA	South Bend to Phoenix	9	77.8%	101.0 min	0.0%
SBN–LAS	South Bend to Las Vegas	9	100.0%	-19.9 min	0.0%
SBN–SRQ	South Bend to Sarasota/Bradenton	9	100.0%	-18.9 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), March 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	57.2%	32.1%	3,509
Late-arriving aircraft	10.1%	42.1%	617
National Aviation System	23.9%	21.4%	1,463
Extreme weather	8.7%	4.2%	534
Security	0.2%	0.2%	11

6,134 delay minutes on 72 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 March 2024?

84.8% of 541 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 86.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.5% and 78.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

March 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 March 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.