San Luis Obispo County Regional in August 2023

82.6%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 August 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 449 domestic departures from San Luis Obispo County Regional (SBP). 82.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 82.0% reached their destination on time; 0.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 76.9% arrived on time, so SBP departures were 5.9 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at SBP that month were on time 78.2% of the time (449 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 59%, late-arriving aircraft 32% and national aviation system 6%.

On time 82.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 16.7%
Cancelled 0.4%
Diverted 0.9%

Every scheduled departure from SBP in August 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

August 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Aug 2023	Year earlier	SBP, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2023
Departed on time	82.6%	—	78.8%	76.7%
Arrived on time	82.0%	—	75.3%	76.9%
Cancelled	0.4%	—	1.2%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	19.9 min	—	20.9 min	17.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	15	—	14	20,100
Scheduled departures	449	—	5,010	602,987

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	358	80%	81.6%	5.8 min	0.6%
AA American Airlines	60	13%	76.7%	45.3 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	31	7%	96.8%	-14.8 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SBP–SFO	San Luis Obispo to San Francisco	124	82.3%	9.3 min	0.0%
SBP–PHX	San Luis Obispo to Phoenix	92	88.0%	-3.4 min	0.0%
SBP–DEN	San Luis Obispo to Denver	63	81.0%	4.8 min	0.0%
SBP–DFW	San Luis Obispo to Dallas/Fort Worth	62	77.4%	43.1 min	0.0%
SBP–LAX	San Luis Obispo to Los Angeles	31	83.9%	3.9 min	6.5%
SBP–SEA	San Luis Obispo to Seattle	31	74.2%	6.3 min	0.0%
SBP–SAN	San Luis Obispo to San Diego	24	75.0%	4.5 min	0.0%
SBP–PDX	San Luis Obispo to Portland	22	86.4%	3.6 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), August 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	58.9%	36.7%	4,864
Late-arriving aircraft	32.3%	42.2%	2,665
National Aviation System	6.4%	15.7%	526
Extreme weather	2.5%	5.1%	208
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

8,263 delay minutes on 75 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 SBP on time in August 2023?

82.6% of 449 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 82.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 76.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

August 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for SBP · methodology · corrections.