On-Time Report

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Route · 12 months to July 2026

Austin to Burbank: on-time record

Austin - Bergstrom International to Bob Hope

65.6%arrived 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. Data through July 2026; this is a monthly history, not live flight status.

65.6% of scheduled AUS to BUR flights arrived on time in the 12 months to July 2026. The figure covers 346 flights between Austin and Burbank by carriers that report to BTS, a distance of 1,241 miles.

That is 10.4 points below the national on-time share of 76.0% for the same period and 9.9 points below the 75.5% recorded for all departures from AUS. Flights that did arrive were 12.9 min late on average, and 0.3% of scheduled flights were cancelled (national: 1.8%).

Southwest Airlines is the only reporting carrier on the route, with 346 flights in the period.

By scheduled departure hour (local time at AUS), flights leaving from 5 pm to 6 pm had the highest on-time share, 74.7%; those leaving from 4 pm to 5 pm had the lowest, 40.0%.

The on-time share is down 12.0 points on the previous 12 months (77.6%); cancellations moved from 0.0% to 0.3%.

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category on this route, late-arriving aircraft 65%, air carrier 27% and national aviation system 6%.

65.6%arrived on timenational 76.0%
12.9 minaverage arrival delayearly arrivals count as negative; national 8.1 min
0.3%cancellednational 1.8%
29flights a month346 in 12 months · 1,241 miles
Every scheduled AUS to BUR flight by a reporting carrier, August 2025 to July 2026.

Airlines on the route compared

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
WN Southwest Airlines346100%65.6%12.9 min0.3%

Carriers with at least 24 flights in the 12 months to July 2026. The on-time pill is green when a carrier is at or above the route's overall share. Regional carriers operate flights sold under larger airlines' brands; BTS lists the carrier that operated the flight.

Compared with the airports and the nation

MeasureAUS to BURAll departures from AUSAll arrivals at BURAll reported flights
Arrived on time65.6%75.5%78.9%76.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late33.8%23.1%19.6%21.9%
Cancelled0.3%1.2%1.2%1.8%
Diverted0.3%0.2%0.4%0.3%
Average arrival delay12.9 min9.5 min4.0 min8.1 min
Delay minutes per 100 flights1,8251,7301,2151,684
Scheduled flights34689,50729,9437,043,858

12 months to July 2026. Delay minutes count late arrivals only (an early arrival is zero), so the per-100-flights row is a normalised total rather than an average of early and late.

The return direction, BUR to AUS, recorded 80.3% on time across 346 flights in the same period.

Month by month

100%columns start at 40%
Share of scheduled AUS to BUR flights that arrived on time, Aug 2023 to Jul 2026. Green columns are at or above the national figure for that month (the dark tick), amber below it, red more than eight points below.

Year on year: on time 65.6% against 77.6% (−12.0 pts), cancelled 0.3% against 0.0%, flights 346 against 415.

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over
Share of flights that arrived on time, by the hour they were scheduled to leave AUS (local time), 12 months to July 2026. Faded cells have few flights. Hover or tap a cell for counts.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNationalMinutes
Air carrier27.4%33.3%1,586
Late-arriving aircraft64.5%39.7%3,731
National Aviation System6.3%20.7%362
Extreme weather1.8%6.1%103
Security0.0%0.1%0
5,782 delay minutes on 117 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Seasonality

Calendar monthFlightsOn timeCancelledAvg arrival delayYears in sample
Jan8677.9%1.2%2.4 min3
Feb7873.1%0.0%3.8 min3
Mar9265.2%0.0%16.0 min3
Apr8769.0%0.0%13.6 min3
May8860.2%0.0%22.9 min3
Jun10969.7%0.0%13.9 min3
Jul11364.6%0.0%15.4 min3
Aug9870.4%1.0%6.8 min3
Sep9475.5%0.0%10.6 min3
Oct10978.9%0.0%3.3 min3
Nov10376.7%0.0%3.5 min3
Dec10382.5%0.0%-0.3 min3

Each calendar month summed across the 36 months on file, so most rows combine three years. The pill compares the month with the route's own 12-month share.

Other routes from Austin (AUS)

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
AUS–DENAustin to Denver5,41678.3%4.4 min0.6%
AUS–DFWAustin to Dallas/Fort Worth4,70671.3%22.5 min3.6%
AUS–ATLAustin to Atlanta4,52380.6%3.7 min1.3%
AUS–LAXAustin to Los Angeles4,09181.6%1.9 min0.7%
AUS–PHXAustin to Phoenix3,38878.2%9.1 min0.8%
AUS–ORDAustin to Chicago3,17170.6%18.3 min2.3%
AUS–BNAAustin to Nashville3,00175.1%10.4 min0.6%
AUS–LASAustin to Las Vegas2,87872.8%9.6 min0.5%

All 85 routes and the airport record for AUS · airport record for BUR

Questions and answers

How often are flights from Austin to Burbank on time?

65.6% of the 346 flights scheduled from AUS to BUR in the 12 months to July 2026 arrived less than 15 minutes after their scheduled time. The national share for the same period was 76.0%. Cancelled and diverted flights count as not on time.

Which airline has the highest on-time share from AUS to BUR?

Southwest Airlines is the only reporting carrier with at least 60 flights on the route in the period, so there is no comparison to make.

What causes delays between Austin and Burbank?

For flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late, carriers attributed the delay minutes as follows: late-arriving aircraft 65%, air carrier 27%, national aviation system 6%, extreme weather 2%, security 0%. The categories are the carriers' own reports to BTS; weather that slows the wider system is usually recorded under the National Aviation System rather than extreme weather.

What time of day has the highest on-time share from AUS?

Flights scheduled to leave AUS from 5 pm to 6 pm arrived on time 74.7% of the time, the highest of any hour with enough flights to compare. The lowest was 4 pm to 5 pm at 40.0%. Delays tend to build through the day as late aircraft carry over to later flights.

Is it getting better?

The on-time share for the 12 months to July 2026 was 65.6%, down 12.0 points on the previous 12 months (77.6%). The monthly chart on this page shows each of the last 36 months. Across those months, December had the highest on-time share (82.5%) and May the lowest (60.2%).

Where does this data come from?

Every figure is computed from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance files, which list each scheduled domestic flight by the carriers required to report. This page covers August 2023 to July 2026. It shows totals and averages only; it is not a live flight-status service.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance (1987 to present), monthly files August 2023 to July 2026, a US government work in the public domain. Figures are totals and averages over all scheduled flights by reporting carriers on the route; no individual flight or aircraft is identified. Times are local to the departure airport. The load factor and passenger counts from the BTS T-100 series are not included in this edition. See the methodology; report processing errors through corrections.