San Luis Obispo County Regional in August 2024

87.3%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 August 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 473 domestic departures from San Luis Obispo County Regional (SBP). 87.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 82.5% reached their destination on time; 0.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.4% of flights departed on time and 74.7% arrived on time, so SBP departures were 11.9 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in August 2023, the airport had 449 departures with 82.6% leaving on time: a change of +4.7 points, with flights up 5%.

Flights arriving at SBP that month were on time 79.2% of the time (472 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 49%, late-arriving aircraft 38% and national aviation system 11%.

On time 82.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.1%
Cancelled 0.2%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Aug 2024	Aug 2023	SBP, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2024
Departed on time	87.3%	82.6%	78.8%	75.4%
Arrived on time	82.5%	82.0%	75.3%	74.7%
Cancelled	0.2%	0.4%	1.2%	2.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	14.1 min	19.9 min	20.9 min	18.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	16	15	14	20,634
Scheduled departures	473	449	5,010	619,025

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	332	70%	84.6%	1.3 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	110	23%	72.7%	30.6 min	0.9%
UA United Airlines	31	7%	93.5%	7.6 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SBP–PHX	San Luis Obispo to Phoenix	84	79.8%	18.3 min	1.2%
SBP–SFO	San Luis Obispo to San Francisco	75	78.7%	5.0 min	0.0%
SBP–DEN	San Luis Obispo to Denver	62	88.7%	1.9 min	0.0%
SBP–LAX	San Luis Obispo to Los Angeles	62	98.4%	-4.9 min	0.0%
SBP–SAN	San Luis Obispo to San Diego	62	85.5%	-0.8 min	0.0%
SBP–SEA	San Luis Obispo to Seattle	61	73.8%	12.0 min	0.0%
SBP–DFW	San Luis Obispo to Dallas/Fort Worth	57	71.9%	27.6 min	0.0%
SBP–PDX	San Luis Obispo to Portland	10	90.0%	6.4 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), August 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	49.0%	33.8%	3,446
Late-arriving aircraft	38.2%	39.8%	2,685
National Aviation System	10.7%	20.4%	752
Extreme weather	2.2%	5.9%	152
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

7,035 delay minutes on 81 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 2024?

87.3% of 473 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 82.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.4% and 74.7%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In August 2023, 82.6% of 449 departures left on time and 0.4% were cancelled, against 87.3% and 0.2% in August 2024.

Provenance

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