South Bend International in March 2026

65.7%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 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 711 domestic departures from South Bend International (SBN). 65.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 63.6% reached their destination on time; 5.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 72.8% of flights departed on time and 73.2% arrived on time, so SBN departures were 7.1 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in March 2025, the airport had 661 departures with 75.3% leaving on time: a change of −9.6 points, with flights up 8%.

Flights arriving at SBN that month were on time 58.2% of the time (710 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 38%, late-arriving aircraft 31% and national aviation system 19%.

On time 63.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 30.8%
Cancelled 5.3%
Diverted 0.3%

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

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

Measure	Mar 2026	Mar 2025	SBN, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2026
Departed on time	65.7%	75.3%	74.0%	72.8%
Arrived on time	63.6%	75.0%	70.3%	73.2%
Cancelled	5.3%	1.4%	2.5%	2.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	42.6 min	28.8 min	27.3 min	20.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	24	22	22	20,403
Scheduled departures	711	661	8,096	612,102

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	492	69%	63.4%	35.0 min	6.1%
G4 Allegiant Air	118	17%	55.1%	37.3 min	2.5%
OH PSA Airlines	91	13%	73.6%	28.1 min	5.5%
YX Republic Airline	10	1%	80.0%	5.5 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SBN–ORD	South Bend to Chicago	248	55.2%	38.9 min	8.9%
SBN–CLT	South Bend to Charlotte	91	73.6%	28.1 min	5.5%
SBN–ATL	South Bend to Atlanta	89	70.8%	45.1 min	2.2%
SBN–DFW	South Bend to Dallas/Fort Worth	62	69.4%	18.4 min	3.2%
SBN–DTW	South Bend to Detroit	62	75.8%	19.6 min	1.6%
SBN–MSP	South Bend to Minneapolis	31	71.0%	42.3 min	9.7%
SBN–SFB	South Bend to Sanford	31	67.7%	17.0 min	3.2%
SBN–PGD	South Bend to Punta Gorda	28	57.1%	14.3 min	7.1%
SBN–PIE	South Bend to St. Petersburg	16	56.3%	23.9 min	0.0%
SBN–SRQ	South Bend to Sarasota/Bradenton	15	46.7%	36.9 min	0.0%
SBN–AZA	South Bend to Phoenix	10	40.0%	21.9 min	0.0%
SBN–IAD	South Bend to Washington	10	80.0%	5.5 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), March 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	37.5%	33.5%	10,567
Late-arriving aircraft	30.8%	39.3%	8,693
National Aviation System	19.2%	21.0%	5,404
Extreme weather	12.6%	5.9%	3,549
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

28,213 delay minutes on 219 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 2026?

65.7% of 711 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 63.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.8% and 73.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In March 2025, 75.3% of 661 departures left on time and 1.4% were cancelled, against 65.7% and 5.3% in March 2026.

Provenance

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