South Bend International in August 2024

75.3%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 August 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 575 domestic departures from South Bend International (SBN). 75.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 75.0% reached their destination on time; 0.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.4% of flights departed on time and 74.7% arrived on time, so SBN departures were level with the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in August 2023, the airport had 496 departures with 85.3% leaving on time: a change of −10.0 points, with flights up 16%.

Flights arriving at SBN that month were on time 69.3% of the time (576 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 60%, late-arriving aircraft 24% and national aviation system 11%.

On time 75.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 24.0%
Cancelled 0.3%
Diverted 0.7%

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

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

Measure	Aug 2024	Aug 2023	SBN, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2024
Departed on time	75.3%	85.3%	74.0%	75.4%
Arrived on time	75.0%	83.3%	70.3%	74.7%
Cancelled	0.3%	0.8%	2.5%	2.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	22.0 min	12.4 min	27.3 min	18.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	19	17	22	20,634
Scheduled departures	575	496	8,096	619,025

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	401	70%	75.8%	12.5 min	0.2%
OH PSA Airlines	115	20%	72.2%	12.3 min	0.9%
G4 Allegiant Air	59	10%	74.6%	15.2 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SBN–ORD	South Bend to Chicago	162	69.8%	18.3 min	0.0%
SBN–CLT	South Bend to Charlotte	115	72.2%	12.3 min	0.9%
SBN–DFW	South Bend to Dallas/Fort Worth	92	77.2%	5.3 min	0.0%
SBN–ATL	South Bend to Atlanta	85	85.9%	6.7 min	1.2%
SBN–DTW	South Bend to Detroit	31	67.7%	31.0 min	0.0%
SBN–MSP	South Bend to Minneapolis	31	83.9%	1.0 min	0.0%
SBN–SFB	South Bend to Sanford	10	60.0%	27.0 min	0.0%
SBN–AZA	South Bend to Phoenix	9	66.7%	18.2 min	0.0%
SBN–LAS	South Bend to Las Vegas	9	88.9%	18.9 min	0.0%
SBN–PGD	South Bend to Punta Gorda	9	88.9%	0.2 min	0.0%
SBN–PIE	South Bend to St. Petersburg	9	66.7%	17.3 min	0.0%
SBN–TYS	South Bend to Knoxville	9	77.8%	-18.2 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), August 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	59.8%	33.8%	6,759
Late-arriving aircraft	24.1%	39.8%	2,723
National Aviation System	11.0%	20.4%	1,247
Extreme weather	5.1%	5.9%	579
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

11,308 delay minutes on 138 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 August 2024?

75.3% of 575 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 75.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.4% and 74.7%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In August 2023, 85.3% of 496 departures left on time and 0.8% were cancelled, against 75.3% and 0.3% in August 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 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.