San Luis Obispo County Regional in October 2024

83.9%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 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 517 domestic departures from San Luis Obispo County Regional (SBP). 83.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 79.9% reached their destination on time; 0.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.5% of flights departed on time and 85.8% arrived on time, so SBP departures were 1.6 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in October 2023, the airport had 467 departures with 87.2% leaving on time: a change of −3.3 points, with flights up 11%.

Flights arriving at SBP that month were on time 82.7% of the time (519 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 40%, late-arriving aircraft 37% and national aviation system 13%.

On time 79.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.9%
Cancelled 0.2%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2024	Oct 2023	SBP, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2024
Departed on time	83.9%	87.2%	78.8%	85.5%
Arrived on time	79.9%	83.1%	75.3%	85.8%
Cancelled	0.2%	0.6%	1.2%	1.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	19.3 min	9.5 min	20.9 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	17	16	14	20,517
Scheduled departures	517	467	5,010	615,497

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	399	77%	80.7%	8.4 min	0.3%
AA American Airlines	66	13%	74.2%	46.2 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	29	6%	96.6%	-6.7 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	17	3%	52.9%	12.6 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	6	1%	83.3%	-0.7 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SBP–SFO	San Luis Obispo to San Francisco	123	78.9%	2.5 min	0.0%
SBP–PHX	San Luis Obispo to Phoenix	115	82.6%	14.6 min	0.0%
SBP–DEN	San Luis Obispo to Denver	62	90.3%	-2.9 min	0.0%
SBP–LAX	San Luis Obispo to Los Angeles	62	87.1%	-0.4 min	0.0%
SBP–SAN	San Luis Obispo to San Diego	57	82.5%	4.4 min	1.8%
SBP–DFW	San Luis Obispo to Dallas/Fort Worth	31	67.7%	93.5 min	0.0%
SBP–PDX	San Luis Obispo to Portland	31	54.8%	42.8 min	0.0%
SBP–SEA	San Luis Obispo to Seattle	31	71.0%	6.1 min	0.0%
SBP–LAS	San Luis Obispo to Las Vegas	5	80.0%	-7.8 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 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	40.1%	42.7%	4,089
Late-arriving aircraft	37.4%	37.4%	3,809
National Aviation System	12.6%	16.3%	1,287
Extreme weather	9.9%	3.4%	1,008
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

10,193 delay minutes on 103 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 2024?

83.9% of 517 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 79.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.5% and 85.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2023, 87.2% of 467 departures left on time and 0.6% were cancelled, against 83.9% and 0.2% in October 2024.

Provenance

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