South Bend International in April 2024

84.5%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 April 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 541 domestic departures from South Bend International (SBN). 84.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 85.0% reached their destination on time; 0.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.5% of flights departed on time and 80.2% arrived on time, so SBN departures were 4.0 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at SBN that month were on time 79.1% of the time (541 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 60%, late-arriving aircraft 18% and national aviation system 17%.

On time 85.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 14.2%
Cancelled 0.6%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Apr 2024	Year earlier	SBN, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Apr 2024
Departed on time	84.5%	—	74.0%	80.5%
Arrived on time	85.0%	—	70.3%	80.2%
Cancelled	0.6%	—	2.5%	0.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	13.4 min	—	27.3 min	14.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	18	—	22	19,406
Scheduled departures	541	—	8,096	582,185

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	386	71%	84.7%	4.3 min	0.8%
OH PSA Airlines	90	17%	84.4%	2.2 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	65	12%	87.7%	-9.5 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SBN–ORD	South Bend to Chicago	180	83.3%	4.9 min	1.1%
SBN–CLT	South Bend to Charlotte	90	84.4%	2.2 min	0.0%
SBN–ATL	South Bend to Atlanta	86	86.0%	7.8 min	0.0%
SBN–DFW	South Bend to Dallas/Fort Worth	60	78.3%	4.1 min	1.7%
SBN–DTW	South Bend to Detroit	30	86.7%	6.7 min	0.0%
SBN–MSP	South Bend to Minneapolis	30	100.0%	-11.0 min	0.0%
SBN–PGD	South Bend to Punta Gorda	16	87.5%	-13.7 min	0.0%
SBN–PIE	South Bend to St. Petersburg	12	91.7%	8.3 min	0.0%
SBN–SFB	South Bend to Sanford	11	63.6%	2.6 min	0.0%
SBN–AZA	South Bend to Phoenix	9	100.0%	-22.7 min	0.0%
SBN–SRQ	South Bend to Sarasota/Bradenton	9	100.0%	-25.7 min	0.0%
SBN–LAS	South Bend to Las Vegas	8	87.5%	-11.2 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), April 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Apr 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	60.3%	33.6%	4,105
Late-arriving aircraft	18.1%	41.0%	1,236
National Aviation System	17.3%	20.0%	1,175
Extreme weather	4.3%	5.1%	294
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

6,810 delay minutes on 77 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 April 2024?

84.5% of 541 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 85.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.5% and 80.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

April 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 April 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.