South Bend International in January 2025

76.8%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 January 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 621 domestic departures from South Bend International (SBN). 76.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 73.4% reached their destination on time; 2.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.3% of flights departed on time and 78.6% arrived on time, so SBN departures were 2.5 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in January 2024, the airport had 507 departures with 60.9% leaving on time: a change of +15.9 points, with flights up 22%.

Flights arriving at SBN that month were on time 73.8% of the time (621 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 46%, late-arriving aircraft 22% and national aviation system 21%.

On time 73.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 23.8%
Cancelled 2.6%
Diverted 0.2%

Every scheduled departure from SBN in January 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jan 2025	Jan 2024	SBN, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2025
Departed on time	76.8%	60.9%	74.0%	79.3%
Arrived on time	73.4%	55.6%	70.3%	78.6%
Cancelled	2.6%	9.3%	2.5%	3.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	19.2 min	37.9 min	27.3 min	14.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	21	17	22	17,992
Scheduled departures	621	507	8,096	539,747

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	427	69%	75.2%	10.8 min	2.3%
G4 Allegiant Air	93	15%	65.6%	8.6 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	92	15%	75.0%	1.6 min	4.3%
YX Republic Airline	7	1%	42.9%	11.8 min	28.6%
UA United Airlines	2	0%	100.0%	6.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SBN–ORD	South Bend to Chicago	185	79.5%	8.0 min	1.6%
SBN–DFW	South Bend to Dallas/Fort Worth	93	66.7%	16.8 min	4.3%
SBN–CLT	South Bend to Charlotte	92	75.0%	1.6 min	4.3%
SBN–ATL	South Bend to Atlanta	89	69.7%	10.6 min	3.4%
SBN–DTW	South Bend to Detroit	31	80.6%	10.5 min	0.0%
SBN–MSP	South Bend to Minneapolis	31	87.1%	10.9 min	0.0%
SBN–PGD	South Bend to Punta Gorda	28	57.1%	16.2 min	0.0%
SBN–SFB	South Bend to Sanford	18	44.4%	36.4 min	0.0%
SBN–SRQ	South Bend to Sarasota/Bradenton	14	71.4%	-5.9 min	0.0%
SBN–AZA	South Bend to Phoenix	11	90.9%	-19.1 min	0.0%
SBN–PIE	South Bend to St. Petersburg	11	81.8%	-7.5 min	0.0%
SBN–LAS	South Bend to Las Vegas	9	77.8%	5.4 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), January 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	46.4%	36.2%	5,577
Late-arriving aircraft	21.8%	34.7%	2,621
National Aviation System	21.0%	19.9%	2,524
Extreme weather	10.9%	9.1%	1,306
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

12,028 delay minutes on 148 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 January 2025?

76.8% of 621 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 73.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.3% and 78.6%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In January 2024, 60.9% of 507 departures left on time and 9.3% were cancelled, against 76.8% and 2.6% in January 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2025; 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.