San Luis Obispo County Regional in February 2026

82.3%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 February 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 372 domestic departures from San Luis Obispo County Regional (SBP). 82.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 79.0% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.1% of flights departed on time and 78.3% arrived on time, so SBP departures were 4.2 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2025, the airport had 406 departures with 79.8% leaving on time: a change of +2.5 points, with flights down 8%.

Flights arriving at SBP that month were on time 81.9% of the time (371 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 42%, late-arriving aircraft 27% and national aviation system 17%.

On time 79.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 20.4%
Cancelled 0.5%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from SBP in February 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

February 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Feb 2026	Feb 2025	SBP, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2026
Departed on time	82.3%	79.8%	78.8%	78.1%
Arrived on time	79.0%	76.8%	75.3%	78.3%
Cancelled	0.5%	3.0%	1.2%	2.3%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	18.1 min	22.7 min	20.9 min	15.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	12	14	14	17,168
Scheduled departures	372	406	5,010	515,037

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	245	66%	76.7%	12.4 min	0.8%
AA American Airlines	46	12%	67.4%	6.1 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	41	11%	95.1%	-6.2 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	40	11%	90.0%	13.1 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SBP–PHX	San Luis Obispo to Phoenix	89	84.3%	2.4 min	0.0%
SBP–SFO	San Luis Obispo to San Francisco	84	61.9%	29.0 min	1.2%
SBP–DEN	San Luis Obispo to Denver	56	87.5%	14.6 min	0.0%
SBP–LAX	San Luis Obispo to Los Angeles	52	90.4%	-3.3 min	0.0%
SBP–SAN	San Luis Obispo to San Diego	40	85.0%	4.1 min	0.0%
SBP–DFW	San Luis Obispo to Dallas/Fort Worth	28	64.3%	9.8 min	0.0%
SBP–LAS	San Luis Obispo to Las Vegas	20	80.0%	-1.9 min	5.0%
SBP–PDX	San Luis Obispo to Portland	3	100.0%	-34.7 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

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

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), February 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	42.1%	38.2%	2,731
Late-arriving aircraft	26.7%	37.2%	1,732
National Aviation System	17.1%	18.5%	1,109
Extreme weather	12.7%	6.0%	823
Security	1.3%	0.2%	86

6,481 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 February 2026?

82.3% of 372 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 79.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.1% and 78.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2025, 79.8% of 406 departures left on time and 3.0% were cancelled, against 82.3% and 0.5% in February 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for February 2026; 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.