South Bend International in October 2025

84.2%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 October 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 741 domestic departures from South Bend International (SBN). 84.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 79.9% reached their destination on time; 0.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.0% of flights departed on time and 79.1% arrived on time, so SBN departures were 4.2 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in October 2024, the airport had 631 departures with 83.7% leaving on time: a change of +0.5 points, with flights up 17%.

Flights arriving at SBN that month were on time 81.1% of the time (741 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 54%, late-arriving aircraft 30% and national aviation system 11%.

On time 79.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 20.0%
Cancelled 0.1%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2025	Oct 2024	SBN, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2025
Departed on time	84.2%	83.7%	74.0%	80.0%
Arrived on time	79.9%	85.9%	70.3%	79.1%
Cancelled	0.1%	1.4%	2.5%	0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	12.5 min	11.2 min	27.3 min	13.9 min
Scheduled departures a day	25	21	22	20,195
Scheduled departures	741	631	8,096	605,844

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	510	69%	79.0%	3.8 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	92	12%	90.2%	-9.4 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	89	12%	73.0%	16.3 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	38	5%	84.2%	1.8 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	12	2%	75.0%	-2.3 min	8.3%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SBN–ORD	South Bend to Chicago	242	71.1%	10.2 min	0.4%
SBN–DFW	South Bend to Dallas/Fort Worth	93	77.4%	8.7 min	0.0%
SBN–CLT	South Bend to Charlotte	92	90.2%	-9.4 min	0.0%
SBN–ATL	South Bend to Atlanta	88	88.6%	-6.1 min	0.0%
SBN–DTW	South Bend to Detroit	61	90.2%	-5.8 min	0.0%
SBN–MSP	South Bend to Minneapolis	31	96.8%	-15.8 min	0.0%
SBN–IAD	South Bend to Washington	26	88.5%	-0.8 min	0.0%
SBN–AZA	South Bend to Phoenix	20	85.0%	-3.8 min	0.0%
SBN–SFB	South Bend to Sanford	17	41.2%	40.7 min	0.0%
SBN–PGD	South Bend to Punta Gorda	16	81.3%	-4.9 min	0.0%
SBN–FLL	South Bend to Fort Lauderdale	9	77.8%	-8.1 min	0.0%
SBN–LAS	South Bend to Las Vegas	9	55.6%	117.0 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), October 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	53.9%	34.0%	5,189
Late-arriving aircraft	29.8%	39.7%	2,863
National Aviation System	11.4%	22.9%	1,101
Extreme weather	4.9%	3.3%	468
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

9,621 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 October 2025?

84.2% of 741 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 79.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.0% and 79.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2024, 83.7% of 631 departures left on time and 1.4% were cancelled, against 84.2% and 0.1% in October 2025.

Provenance

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