San Luis Obispo County Regional in March 2024

84.0%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 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 382 domestic departures from San Luis Obispo County Regional (SBP). 84.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.2% reached their destination on time; 1.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.5% of flights departed on time and 78.3% arrived on time, so SBP departures were 5.5 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at SBP that month were on time 81.2% of the time (382 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 38%, late-arriving aircraft 32% and national aviation system 27%.

On time 81.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.3%
Cancelled 1.0%
Diverted 0.5%

Every scheduled departure from SBP in March 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

March 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Mar 2024	Year earlier	SBP, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2024
Departed on time	84.0%	—	78.8%	78.5%
Arrived on time	81.2%	—	75.3%	78.3%
Cancelled	1.0%	—	1.2%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	13.4 min	—	20.9 min	15.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	13	—	14	19,726
Scheduled departures	382	—	5,010	591,767

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	320	84%	82.8%	4.3 min	1.3%
AA American Airlines	31	8%	54.8%	26.3 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	31	8%	90.3%	0.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SBP–PHX	San Luis Obispo to Phoenix	95	89.5%	-0.9 min	0.0%
SBP–SFO	San Luis Obispo to San Francisco	68	73.5%	17.9 min	1.5%
SBP–DEN	San Luis Obispo to Denver	62	88.7%	-2.7 min	1.6%
SBP–LAX	San Luis Obispo to Los Angeles	32	90.6%	-14.5 min	3.1%
SBP–DFW	San Luis Obispo to Dallas/Fort Worth	31	54.8%	26.3 min	0.0%
SBP–LAS	San Luis Obispo to Las Vegas	31	58.1%	24.5 min	0.0%
SBP–SAN	San Luis Obispo to San Diego	27	81.5%	12.5 min	3.7%
SBP–PDX	San Luis Obispo to Portland	18	94.4%	-2.9 min	0.0%
SBP–SEA	San Luis Obispo to Seattle	18	94.4%	-8.1 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), March 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	38.0%	32.1%	1,850
Late-arriving aircraft	32.0%	42.1%	1,559
National Aviation System	27.3%	21.4%	1,331
Extreme weather	2.5%	4.2%	122
Security	0.2%	0.2%	12

4,874 delay minutes on 66 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 March 2024?

84.0% of 382 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.5% and 78.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

March 2023 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 March 2024; 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.