South Bend International in May 2024

65.9%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 May 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 536 domestic departures from South Bend International (SBN). 65.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 66.2% reached their destination on time; 2.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 73.4% of flights departed on time and 72.3% arrived on time, so SBN departures were 7.5 points below the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at SBN that month were on time 64.6% of the time (536 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 52%, late-arriving aircraft 31% and national aviation system 10%.

On time 66.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 31.3%
Cancelled 2.2%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	May 2024	Year earlier	SBN, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, May 2024
Departed on time	65.9%	—	74.0%	73.4%
Arrived on time	66.2%	—	70.3%	72.3%
Cancelled	2.2%	—	2.5%	1.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	33.6 min	—	27.3 min	20.8 min
Scheduled departures a day	18	—	22	20,325
Scheduled departures	536	—	8,096	609,743

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	388	72%	65.5%	29.6 min	3.1%
OH PSA Airlines	90	17%	67.8%	22.1 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	58	11%	69.0%	7.2 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SBN–ORD	South Bend to Chicago	176	61.9%	43.5 min	4.0%
SBN–CLT	South Bend to Charlotte	90	67.8%	22.1 min	0.0%
SBN–ATL	South Bend to Atlanta	88	68.2%	17.7 min	1.1%
SBN–DFW	South Bend to Dallas/Fort Worth	62	59.7%	21.8 min	6.5%
SBN–DTW	South Bend to Detroit	31	71.0%	15.8 min	0.0%
SBN–MSP	South Bend to Minneapolis	31	83.9%	15.8 min	0.0%
SBN–PGD	South Bend to Punta Gorda	13	69.2%	-0.3 min	0.0%
SBN–AZA	South Bend to Phoenix	9	77.8%	-5.3 min	0.0%
SBN–LAS	South Bend to Las Vegas	9	88.9%	-14.1 min	0.0%
SBN–PIE	South Bend to St. Petersburg	9	44.4%	36.2 min	0.0%
SBN–SFB	South Bend to Sanford	9	66.7%	8.2 min	0.0%
SBN–SRQ	South Bend to Sarasota/Bradenton	9	66.7%	22.1 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), May 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, May 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	52.0%	29.8%	8,736
Late-arriving aircraft	31.2%	43.0%	5,238
National Aviation System	10.0%	20.1%	1,677
Extreme weather	6.9%	7.0%	1,153
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

16,804 delay minutes on 168 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 May 2024?

65.9% of 536 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 66.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 73.4% and 72.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

May 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 May 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.