South Bend International in January 2026

63.4%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 January 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 648 domestic departures from South Bend International (SBN). 63.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 55.6% reached their destination on time; 5.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.6% of flights departed on time and 75.3% arrived on time, so SBN departures were 12.2 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in January 2025, the airport had 621 departures with 76.8% leaving on time: a change of −13.4 points, with flights up 4%.

Flights arriving at SBN that month were on time 60.8% of the time (648 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 38%, extreme weather 25% and late-arriving aircraft 19%.

On time 55.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 38.9%
Cancelled 5.2%
Diverted 0.3%

Every scheduled departure from SBN in January 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jan 2026	Jan 2025	SBN, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2026
Departed on time	63.4%	76.8%	74.0%	75.6%
Arrived on time	55.6%	73.4%	70.3%	75.3%
Cancelled	5.2%	2.6%	2.5%	4.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	43.0 min	19.2 min	27.3 min	16.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	22	21	22	18,133
Scheduled departures	648	621	8,096	544,003

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	484	75%	55.2%	46.3 min	4.8%
G4 Allegiant Air	92	14%	58.7%	27.9 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	72	11%	54.2%	17.7 min	15.3%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SBN–ORD	South Bend to Chicago	247	55.5%	39.7 min	4.9%
SBN–ATL	South Bend to Atlanta	86	48.8%	53.2 min	7.0%
SBN–CLT	South Bend to Charlotte	67	53.7%	18.7 min	16.4%
SBN–DFW	South Bend to Dallas/Fort Worth	67	61.2%	41.2 min	4.5%
SBN–DTW	South Bend to Detroit	58	53.4%	72.9 min	3.4%
SBN–MSP	South Bend to Minneapolis	31	61.3%	34.7 min	0.0%
SBN–PGD	South Bend to Punta Gorda	29	51.7%	12.0 min	0.0%
SBN–SFB	South Bend to Sanford	17	76.5%	19.5 min	0.0%
SBN–AZA	South Bend to Phoenix	10	50.0%	25.7 min	0.0%
SBN–PIE	South Bend to St. Petersburg	10	50.0%	0.7 min	0.0%
SBN–SRQ	South Bend to Sarasota/Bradenton	10	80.0%	-2.5 min	0.0%
SBN–FLL	South Bend to Fort Lauderdale	8	25.0%	86.5 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), January 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	37.9%	37.3%	11,348
Late-arriving aircraft	19.2%	35.0%	5,757
National Aviation System	17.3%	18.0%	5,186
Extreme weather	25.4%	9.6%	7,599
Security	0.1%	0.1%	38

29,928 delay minutes on 252 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 January 2026?

63.4% of 648 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 55.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.6% and 75.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In January 2025, 76.8% of 621 departures left on time and 2.6% were cancelled, against 63.4% and 5.2% in January 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2026; 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.