South Bend International in April 2026

74.3%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 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 682 domestic departures from South Bend International (SBN). 74.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 74.3% reached their destination on time; 2.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.1% of flights departed on time and 78.9% arrived on time, so SBN departures were 4.8 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in April 2025, the airport had 631 departures with 80.5% leaving on time: a change of −6.2 points, with flights up 8%.

Flights arriving at SBN that month were on time 67.3% of the time (682 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 36%, late-arriving aircraft 32% and national aviation system 21%.

On time 74.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 22.9%
Cancelled 2.3%
Diverted 0.4%

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

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

Measure	Apr 2026	Apr 2025	SBN, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Apr 2026
Departed on time	74.3%	80.5%	74.0%	79.1%
Arrived on time	74.3%	77.8%	70.3%	78.9%
Cancelled	2.3%	1.4%	2.5%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	21.1 min	15.7 min	27.3 min	14.5 min
Scheduled departures a day	23	21	22	19,931
Scheduled departures	682	631	8,096	597,919

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	472	69%	71.6%	14.1 min	3.4%
OH PSA Airlines	114	17%	84.2%	4.9 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	96	14%	76.0%	8.4 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SBN–ORD	South Bend to Chicago	236	57.6%	29.9 min	6.4%
SBN–CLT	South Bend to Charlotte	90	86.7%	1.7 min	0.0%
SBN–ATL	South Bend to Atlanta	86	86.0%	3.1 min	0.0%
SBN–DFW	South Bend to Dallas/Fort Worth	84	78.6%	6.9 min	1.2%
SBN–DTW	South Bend to Detroit	60	85.0%	-3.9 min	0.0%
SBN–MSP	South Bend to Minneapolis	30	96.7%	-13.1 min	0.0%
SBN–PGD	South Bend to Punta Gorda	22	90.9%	-2.6 min	0.0%
SBN–SFB	South Bend to Sanford	20	75.0%	-1.6 min	0.0%
SBN–PIE	South Bend to St. Petersburg	16	81.3%	13.5 min	0.0%
SBN–SRQ	South Bend to Sarasota/Bradenton	11	81.8%	5.4 min	0.0%
SBN–AZA	South Bend to Phoenix	10	70.0%	12.7 min	0.0%
SBN–LAS	South Bend to Las Vegas	9	44.4%	30.7 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), April 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Apr 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	35.7%	33.5%	4,858
Late-arriving aircraft	31.8%	40.4%	4,317
National Aviation System	20.7%	21.0%	2,815
Extreme weather	11.8%	5.0%	1,604
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

13,594 delay minutes on 156 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 2026?

74.3% of 682 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 74.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.1% and 78.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In April 2025, 80.5% of 631 departures left on time and 1.4% were cancelled, against 74.3% and 2.3% in April 2026.

Provenance

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