South Bend International in March 2025

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 March 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 661 domestic departures from South Bend International (SBN). 75.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 75.0% reached their destination on time; 1.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.9% of flights departed on time and 79.3% arrived on time, so SBN departures were 4.6 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in March 2024, the airport had 541 departures with 84.8% leaving on time: a change of −9.5 points, with flights up 22%.

Flights arriving at SBN that month were on time 74.3% of the time (661 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 44%, late-arriving aircraft 25% and extreme weather 17%.

On time 75.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 23.6%
Cancelled 1.4%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Mar 2025	Mar 2024	SBN, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2025
Departed on time	75.3%	84.8%	74.0%	79.9%
Arrived on time	75.0%	86.5%	70.3%	79.3%
Cancelled	1.4%	0.2%	2.5%	1.2%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	28.8 min	12.8 min	27.3 min	14.9 min
Scheduled departures a day	22	18	22	20,029
Scheduled departures	661	541	8,096	600,872

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	432	65%	77.5%	17.3 min	1.2%
G4 Allegiant Air	114	17%	67.5%	15.6 min	0.9%
OH PSA Airlines	86	13%	69.8%	36.9 min	2.3%
YX Republic Airline	29	4%	82.8%	7.8 min	3.4%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SBN–ORD	South Bend to Chicago	186	72.0%	25.1 min	0.5%
SBN–DFW	South Bend to Dallas/Fort Worth	93	73.1%	19.9 min	4.3%
SBN–ATL	South Bend to Atlanta	91	84.6%	1.7 min	0.0%
SBN–CLT	South Bend to Charlotte	86	69.8%	36.9 min	2.3%
SBN–DTW	South Bend to Detroit	31	90.3%	12.0 min	0.0%
SBN–MSP	South Bend to Minneapolis	31	90.3%	13.9 min	0.0%
SBN–SFB	South Bend to Sanford	31	74.2%	7.5 min	0.0%
SBN–IAD	South Bend to Washington	29	82.8%	7.8 min	3.4%
SBN–PGD	South Bend to Punta Gorda	26	76.9%	23.4 min	0.0%
SBN–PIE	South Bend to St. Petersburg	19	52.6%	24.1 min	5.3%
SBN–SRQ	South Bend to Sarasota/Bradenton	18	66.7%	6.4 min	0.0%
SBN–AZA	South Bend to Phoenix	11	54.5%	15.7 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), March 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	43.9%	33.0%	8,255
Late-arriving aircraft	25.2%	39.2%	4,743
National Aviation System	14.1%	21.9%	2,657
Extreme weather	16.5%	5.9%	3,093
Security	0.3%	0.1%	52

18,800 delay minutes on 156 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 March 2025?

75.3% of 661 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 75.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.9% and 79.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In March 2024, 84.8% of 541 departures left on time and 0.2% were cancelled, against 75.3% and 1.4% in March 2025.

Provenance

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