South Bend International in September 2024

83.3%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 September 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 580 domestic departures from South Bend International (SBN). 83.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.0% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.4% of flights departed on time and 83.9% arrived on time, so SBN departures were 1.1 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in September 2023, the airport had 558 departures with 79.6% leaving on time: a change of +3.7 points, with flights up 4%.

Flights arriving at SBN that month were on time 77.8% of the time (580 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 58%, late-arriving aircraft 28% and national aviation system 8%.

On time 81.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.4%
Cancelled 0.5%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Sep 2024	Sep 2023	SBN, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2024
Departed on time	83.3%	79.6%	74.0%	84.4%
Arrived on time	81.0%	79.0%	70.3%	83.9%
Cancelled	0.5%	0.0%	2.5%	0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	13.9 min	17.2 min	27.3 min	10.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	19	19	22	19,421
Scheduled departures	580	558	8,096	582,622

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	383	66%	82.5%	5.0 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	119	21%	74.8%	11.1 min	1.7%
G4 Allegiant Air	55	9%	81.8%	-11.5 min	1.8%
YX Republic Airline	13	2%	92.3%	-5.9 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	7	1%	71.4%	3.9 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	3	1%	100.0%	-18.3 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SBN–ORD	South Bend to Chicago	183	83.1%	10.6 min	0.0%
SBN–CLT	South Bend to Charlotte	119	74.8%	11.1 min	1.7%
SBN–ATL	South Bend to Atlanta	82	87.8%	-7.5 min	0.0%
SBN–DFW	South Bend to Dallas/Fort Worth	63	69.8%	12.4 min	0.0%
SBN–DTW	South Bend to Detroit	30	83.3%	0.9 min	0.0%
SBN–MSP	South Bend to Minneapolis	30	90.0%	-8.5 min	0.0%
SBN–PGD	South Bend to Punta Gorda	11	72.7%	-3.8 min	0.0%
SBN–AZA	South Bend to Phoenix	9	100.0%	-17.3 min	0.0%
SBN–LAS	South Bend to Las Vegas	9	88.9%	-22.0 min	0.0%
SBN–LGA	South Bend to New York	9	88.9%	-8.1 min	0.0%
SBN–SFB	South Bend to Sanford	9	77.8%	-4.6 min	0.0%
SBN–TYS	South Bend to Knoxville	9	88.9%	-26.7 min	11.1%

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), September 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	58.0%	38.6%	4,448
Late-arriving aircraft	28.1%	38.4%	2,157
National Aviation System	8.1%	18.2%	619
Extreme weather	5.9%	4.8%	451
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

7,675 delay minutes on 107 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 September 2024?

83.3% of 580 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.4% and 83.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In September 2023, 79.6% of 558 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 83.3% and 0.5% in September 2024.

Provenance

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