San Luis Obispo County Regional in February 2025

79.8%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 February 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 406 domestic departures from San Luis Obispo County Regional (SBP). 79.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 76.8% reached their destination on time; 3.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.2% of flights departed on time and 77.9% arrived on time, so SBP departures were 0.6 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2024, the airport had 324 departures with 79.6% leaving on time: a change of +0.2 points, with flights up 25%.

Flights arriving at SBP that month were on time 72.2% of the time (406 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 51%, late-arriving aircraft 32% and national aviation system 9%.

On time 76.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 20.0%
Cancelled 3.0%
Diverted 0.2%

Every scheduled departure from SBP in February 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

February 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Feb 2025	Feb 2024	SBP, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2025
Departed on time	79.8%	79.6%	78.8%	79.2%
Arrived on time	76.8%	79.9%	75.3%	77.9%
Cancelled	3.0%	2.5%	1.2%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	22.7 min	22.7 min	20.9 min	15.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	14	11	14	16,830
Scheduled departures	406	324	5,010	504,884

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	316	78%	76.6%	11.2 min	3.5%
AS Alaska Airlines	28	7%	78.6%	-0.4 min	3.6%
UA United Airlines	28	7%	78.6%	46.0 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	18	4%	94.4%	-2.4 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	16	4%	56.3%	50.9 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SBP–PHX	San Luis Obispo to Phoenix	92	84.8%	7.7 min	0.0%
SBP–SFO	San Luis Obispo to San Francisco	78	74.4%	3.4 min	6.4%
SBP–DEN	San Luis Obispo to Denver	56	80.4%	23.4 min	0.0%
SBP–SAN	San Luis Obispo to San Diego	56	75.0%	5.7 min	5.4%
SBP–LAX	San Luis Obispo to Los Angeles	52	69.2%	38.4 min	3.8%
SBP–LAS	San Luis Obispo to Las Vegas	28	78.6%	6.6 min	3.6%
SBP–SEA	San Luis Obispo to Seattle	28	78.6%	-0.4 min	3.6%
SBP–DFW	San Luis Obispo to Dallas/Fort Worth	16	56.3%	50.9 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

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

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), February 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	51.3%	33.9%	4,428
Late-arriving aircraft	32.3%	36.9%	2,782
National Aviation System	9.1%	22.5%	783
Extreme weather	7.3%	6.6%	633
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

8,626 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 February 2025?

79.8% of 406 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 76.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.2% and 77.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2024, 79.6% of 324 departures left on time and 2.5% were cancelled, against 79.8% and 3.0% in February 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for February 2025; 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.