South Bend International in February 2025

75.2%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 February 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 572 domestic departures from South Bend International (SBN). 75.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 70.6% reached their destination on time; 2.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.2% of flights departed on time and 77.9% arrived on time, so SBN departures were 4.0 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2024, the airport had 484 departures with 84.7% leaving on time: a change of −9.5 points, with flights up 18%.

Flights arriving at SBN that month were on time 70.8% of the time (572 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 55%, late-arriving aircraft 23% and national aviation system 14%.

On time 70.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 26.7%
Cancelled 2.1%
Diverted 0.5%

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

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

Measure	Feb 2025	Feb 2024	SBN, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2025
Departed on time	75.2%	84.7%	74.0%	79.2%
Arrived on time	70.6%	87.0%	70.3%	77.9%
Cancelled	2.1%	0.0%	2.5%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	26.5 min	11.1 min	27.3 min	15.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	19	16	22	16,830
Scheduled departures	572	484	8,096	504,884

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	386	67%	72.5%	10.8 min	1.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	89	16%	66.3%	31.3 min	2.2%
OH PSA Airlines	84	15%	67.9%	44.6 min	7.1%
YX Republic Airline	13	2%	61.5%	11.8 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SBN–ORD	South Bend to Chicago	168	70.2%	17.3 min	1.8%
SBN–CLT	South Bend to Charlotte	84	67.9%	44.6 min	7.1%
SBN–DFW	South Bend to Dallas/Fort Worth	84	67.9%	16.0 min	0.0%
SBN–ATL	South Bend to Atlanta	78	73.1%	3.8 min	1.3%
SBN–DTW	South Bend to Detroit	28	89.3%	-8.6 min	0.0%
SBN–MSP	South Bend to Minneapolis	28	82.1%	-4.4 min	0.0%
SBN–SFB	South Bend to Sanford	23	69.6%	61.3 min	0.0%
SBN–PGD	South Bend to Punta Gorda	22	68.2%	11.3 min	0.0%
SBN–SRQ	South Bend to Sarasota/Bradenton	16	81.3%	-11.0 min	6.3%
SBN–IAD	South Bend to Washington	13	61.5%	11.8 min	0.0%
SBN–PIE	South Bend to St. Petersburg	12	50.0%	12.5 min	8.3%
SBN–AZA	South Bend to Phoenix	8	75.0%	-5.0 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

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

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), February 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	54.9%	33.9%	8,627
Late-arriving aircraft	23.0%	36.9%	3,618
National Aviation System	13.8%	22.5%	2,175
Extreme weather	8.2%	6.6%	1,296
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

15,716 delay minutes on 153 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 February 2025?

75.2% of 572 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 70.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.2% and 77.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2024, 84.7% of 484 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 75.2% and 2.1% in February 2025.

Provenance

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