South Bend International in April 2025

80.5%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 April 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 631 domestic departures from South Bend International (SBN). 80.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 77.8% reached their destination on time; 1.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.6% of flights departed on time and 79.5% arrived on time, so SBN departures were level with the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in April 2024, the airport had 541 departures with 84.5% leaving on time: a change of −4.0 points, with flights up 17%.

Flights arriving at SBN that month were on time 77.5% of the time (631 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 60%, late-arriving aircraft 14% and national aviation system 14%.

On time 77.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 20.3%
Cancelled 1.4%
Diverted 0.5%

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

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

Measure	Apr 2025	Apr 2024	SBN, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Apr 2025
Departed on time	80.5%	84.5%	74.0%	80.6%
Arrived on time	77.8%	85.0%	70.3%	79.5%
Cancelled	1.4%	0.6%	2.5%	0.8%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	15.7 min	13.4 min	27.3 min	14.1 min
Scheduled departures a day	21	18	22	19,465
Scheduled departures	631	541	8,096	583,950

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	420	67%	76.9%	10.8 min	1.9%
G4 Allegiant Air	95	15%	72.6%	1.9 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	90	14%	82.2%	6.8 min	1.1%
YX Republic Airline	26	4%	96.2%	-3.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SBN–ORD	South Bend to Chicago	180	78.9%	5.3 min	1.7%
SBN–ATL	South Bend to Atlanta	90	82.2%	1.8 min	1.1%
SBN–CLT	South Bend to Charlotte	90	82.2%	6.8 min	1.1%
SBN–DFW	South Bend to Dallas/Fort Worth	90	58.9%	40.2 min	4.4%
SBN–DTW	South Bend to Detroit	30	83.3%	6.7 min	0.0%
SBN–MSP	South Bend to Minneapolis	30	96.7%	-9.2 min	0.0%
SBN–SFB	South Bend to Sanford	27	59.3%	11.9 min	0.0%
SBN–IAD	South Bend to Washington	26	96.2%	-3.0 min	0.0%
SBN–PGD	South Bend to Punta Gorda	24	75.0%	-3.4 min	0.0%
SBN–PIE	South Bend to St. Petersburg	15	80.0%	-2.1 min	0.0%
SBN–SRQ	South Bend to Sarasota/Bradenton	12	91.7%	-4.6 min	0.0%
SBN–AZA	South Bend to Phoenix	9	44.4%	12.0 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), April 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Apr 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	60.2%	32.7%	6,117
Late-arriving aircraft	14.3%	39.4%	1,451
National Aviation System	13.5%	22.2%	1,372
Extreme weather	11.9%	5.5%	1,213
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

10,153 delay minutes on 128 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 April 2025?

80.5% of 631 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 77.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.6% and 79.5%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In April 2024, 84.5% of 541 departures left on time and 0.6% were cancelled, against 80.5% and 1.4% in April 2025.

Provenance

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