San Luis Obispo County Regional in October 2023

87.2%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 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 467 domestic departures from San Luis Obispo County Regional (SBP). 87.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 83.1% reached their destination on time; 0.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.8% of flights departed on time and 84.0% arrived on time, so SBP departures were 3.4 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at SBP that month were on time 85.2% of the time (466 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 49%, late-arriving aircraft 30% and extreme weather 16%.

On time 83.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 16.1%
Cancelled 0.6%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2023	Year earlier	SBP, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2023
Departed on time	87.2%	—	78.8%	83.8%
Arrived on time	83.1%	—	75.3%	84.0%
Cancelled	0.6%	—	1.2%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	9.5 min	—	20.9 min	11.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	16	—	14	19,966
Scheduled departures	467	—	5,010	598,968

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	374	80%	83.7%	1.2 min	0.3%
AA American Airlines	62	13%	75.8%	5.2 min	3.2%
UA United Airlines	31	7%	90.3%	-1.8 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SBP–SFO	San Luis Obispo to San Francisco	125	80.0%	1.7 min	0.0%
SBP–PHX	San Luis Obispo to Phoenix	89	92.1%	-1.2 min	0.0%
SBP–DEN	San Luis Obispo to Denver	62	90.3%	-1.6 min	0.0%
SBP–DFW	San Luis Obispo to Dallas/Fort Worth	62	75.8%	5.2 min	3.2%
SBP–LAX	San Luis Obispo to Los Angeles	62	82.3%	4.4 min	1.6%
SBP–SEA	San Luis Obispo to Seattle	31	74.2%	6.8 min	0.0%
SBP–PDX	San Luis Obispo to Portland	18	83.3%	-4.1 min	0.0%
SBP–SAN	San Luis Obispo to San Diego	18	77.8%	-0.6 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

100

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), October 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	49.2%	41.3%	2,327
Late-arriving aircraft	30.0%	40.5%	1,418
National Aviation System	5.2%	14.4%	248
Extreme weather	15.6%	3.7%	736
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

4,729 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 October 2023?

87.2% of 467 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 83.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.8% and 84.0%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

October 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 October 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.