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Airport month · May 2025
South Bend International in May 2025
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 May 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 646 domestic departures from South Bend International (SBN). 79.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 75.1% reached their destination on time; 1.7% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 75.4% arrived on time, so SBN departures were 2.9 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in May 2024, the airport had 536 departures with 65.9% leaving on time: a change of +13.7 points, with flights up 21%.
Flights arriving at SBN that month were on time 71.8% of the time (645 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 32%, extreme weather 31% and late-arriving aircraft 28%.
- On time 75.1%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 22.6%
- Cancelled 1.7%
- Diverted 0.6%
May 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | May 2025 | May 2024 | SBN, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, May 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 79.6% | 65.9% | 74.0% | 76.7% |
| Arrived on time | 75.1% | 66.2% | 70.3% | 75.4% |
| Cancelled | 1.7% | 2.2% | 2.5% | 1.0% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 23.2 min | 33.6 min | 27.3 min | 17.5 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 22 | 18 | 22 | 20,188 |
| Scheduled departures | 646 | 536 | 8,096 | 605,648 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 434 | 67% | 74.4% | 20.1 min | 1.4% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 97 | 15% | 73.2% | 16.7 min | 1.0% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 93 | 14% | 75.3% | 9.9 min | 4.3% |
| YX Republic Airline | 22 | 3% | 95.5% | -2.7 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SBN–ORD | South Bend to Chicago | 186 | 74.2% | 26.6 min | 0.0% |
| SBN–ATL | South Bend to Atlanta | 93 | 75.3% | 23.5 min | 2.2% |
| SBN–CLT | South Bend to Charlotte | 93 | 75.3% | 9.9 min | 4.3% |
| SBN–DFW | South Bend to Dallas/Fort Worth | 93 | 65.6% | 21.9 min | 2.2% |
| SBN–DTW | South Bend to Detroit | 31 | 90.3% | -6.6 min | 3.2% |
| SBN–MSP | South Bend to Minneapolis | 31 | 83.9% | -9.1 min | 3.2% |
| SBN–SFB | South Bend to Sanford | 25 | 60.0% | 27.3 min | 4.0% |
| SBN–IAD | South Bend to Washington | 22 | 95.5% | -2.7 min | 0.0% |
| SBN–PGD | South Bend to Punta Gorda | 22 | 72.7% | 9.8 min | 0.0% |
| SBN–PIE | South Bend to St. Petersburg | 17 | 64.7% | 6.4 min | 0.0% |
| SBN–AZA | South Bend to Phoenix | 12 | 75.0% | 70.8 min | 0.0% |
| SBN–LAS | South Bend to Las Vegas | 9 | 88.9% | -6.9 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left SBN on time in May 2025?
79.6% of 646 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 75.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 75.4%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In May 2024, 65.9% of 536 departures left on time and 2.2% were cancelled, against 79.6% and 1.7% in May 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for May 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.