South Bend International in December 2024

76.5%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 December 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 630 domestic departures from South Bend International (SBN). 76.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 73.3% reached their destination on time; 0.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.8% of flights departed on time and 78.1% arrived on time, so SBN departures were 1.3 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in December 2023, the airport had 508 departures with 83.7% leaving on time: a change of −7.2 points, with flights up 24%.

Flights arriving at SBN that month were on time 73.3% of the time (632 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 48%, late-arriving aircraft 26% and national aviation system 15%.

On time 73.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 25.7%
Cancelled 0.3%
Diverted 0.6%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2024	Dec 2023	SBN, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2024
Departed on time	76.5%	83.7%	74.0%	77.8%
Arrived on time	73.3%	84.8%	70.3%	78.1%
Cancelled	0.3%	0.8%	2.5%	0.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	22.0 min	16.6 min	27.3 min	16.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	21	17	22	19,686
Scheduled departures	630	508	8,096	590,581

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	404	64%	76.7%	11.7 min	0.5%
G4 Allegiant Air	97	15%	66.0%	9.6 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	93	15%	66.7%	9.4 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	28	4%	67.9%	29.6 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	6	1%	83.3%	6.7 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	2	0%	100.0%	-16.5 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SBN–ORD	South Bend to Chicago	168	79.2%	11.3 min	0.0%
SBN–CLT	South Bend to Charlotte	93	66.7%	9.4 min	0.0%
SBN–DFW	South Bend to Dallas/Fort Worth	90	73.3%	16.5 min	2.2%
SBN–ATL	South Bend to Atlanta	88	73.9%	13.3 min	0.0%
SBN–DTW	South Bend to Detroit	32	78.1%	0.2 min	0.0%
SBN–MSP	South Bend to Minneapolis	31	83.9%	5.2 min	0.0%
SBN–IAD	South Bend to Washington	28	67.9%	29.6 min	0.0%
SBN–PGD	South Bend to Punta Gorda	24	70.8%	4.0 min	0.0%
SBN–SFB	South Bend to Sanford	18	44.4%	28.1 min	0.0%
SBN–PIE	South Bend to St. Petersburg	13	53.8%	26.0 min	0.0%
SBN–SRQ	South Bend to Sarasota/Bradenton	13	69.2%	3.5 min	0.0%
SBN–AZA	South Bend to Phoenix	12	75.0%	3.6 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), December 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	48.0%	34.3%	6,571
Late-arriving aircraft	25.5%	40.2%	3,490
National Aviation System	14.9%	17.8%	2,037
Extreme weather	11.5%	7.5%	1,579
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

13,677 delay minutes on 162 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 December 2024?

76.5% of 630 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 73.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.8% and 78.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In December 2023, 83.7% of 508 departures left on time and 0.8% were cancelled, against 76.5% and 0.3% in December 2024.

Provenance

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