San Luis Obispo County Regional in November 2024

83.5%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 November 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 521 domestic departures from San Luis Obispo County Regional (SBP). 83.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 83.7% reached their destination on time; 1.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.2% of flights departed on time and 84.8% arrived on time, so SBP departures were 1.7 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in November 2023, the airport had 420 departures with 83.6% leaving on time: a change of −0.1 points, with flights up 24%.

Flights arriving at SBP that month were on time 78.7% of the time (521 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 47%, late-arriving aircraft 27% and extreme weather 14%.

On time 83.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 14.6%
Cancelled 1.2%
Diverted 0.6%

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

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

Measure	Nov 2024	Nov 2023	SBP, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2024
Departed on time	83.5%	83.6%	78.8%	85.2%
Arrived on time	83.7%	83.3%	75.3%	84.8%
Cancelled	1.2%	0.0%	1.2%	0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	10.3 min	20.4 min	20.9 min	10.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	17	14	14	19,180
Scheduled departures	521	420	5,010	575,404

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	389	75%	83.0%	2.2 min	1.3%
AA American Airlines	75	14%	84.0%	4.7 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	30	6%	86.7%	-5.4 min	3.3%
AS Alaska Airlines	20	4%	85.0%	-0.5 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	7	1%	100.0%	-14.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SBP–SFO	San Luis Obispo to San Francisco	119	72.3%	13.7 min	2.5%
SBP–PHX	San Luis Obispo to Phoenix	114	86.8%	-0.1 min	0.0%
SBP–LAX	San Luis Obispo to Los Angeles	60	90.0%	-4.8 min	0.0%
SBP–DEN	San Luis Obispo to Denver	59	88.1%	-7.3 min	3.4%
SBP–SAN	San Luis Obispo to San Diego	59	84.7%	-1.7 min	0.0%
SBP–LAS	San Luis Obispo to Las Vegas	30	93.3%	-3.4 min	0.0%
SBP–SEA	San Luis Obispo to Seattle	30	86.7%	-1.7 min	3.3%
SBP–PDX	San Luis Obispo to Portland	29	86.2%	-0.2 min	0.0%
SBP–DFW	San Luis Obispo to Dallas/Fort Worth	21	76.2%	16.5 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), November 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	46.9%	36.9%	2,150
Late-arriving aircraft	27.2%	35.6%	1,250
National Aviation System	11.8%	21.9%	542
Extreme weather	14.1%	5.4%	646
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

4,588 delay minutes on 76 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 November 2024?

83.5% of 521 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 83.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.2% and 84.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In November 2023, 83.6% of 420 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 83.5% and 1.2% in November 2024.

Provenance

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