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South Bend International Airport (SBN) delays & on-time performance

South Bend, Indiana · 23 nonstop destinations · 6 airlines · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

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No FAA-reported ground stops or delays at SBN right now. Individual flights can still be delayed by the airline; check with your airline for your flight.

On-time arrivals
72%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
2.5%
203 flights
Avg arrival delay
29 min
103 min when late
Departed on time
76%
avg taxi-out 22 min

Figures cover 8,096 departures from SBN; on-time is measured at arrival. Arrivals into SBN were on time 72% of the time.

Key facts

  • Flights departing South Bend International Airport (SBN) arrived on time 72% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, worse than the 78% national average.
  • 2.5% were cancelled, and 12% arrived an hour or more late.
  • PSA Airlines was the most punctual airline here (78% on time); Allegiant Air was the least (67%).
  • Departures scheduled around 6am did best (81% on time); around 4pm did worst (58%).
  • The largest source of delay minutes was airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling) (43%).

Most delayed routes from SBN

Lowest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.

All 23 routes from SBN →

Most reliable routes from SBN

Highest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.

Best airline at SBN

Departures from this airport, ranked by on-time arrival.

AirlineOn timeCancelledAvg delayRoutesFlights
Delta Air Lines100%0.0%0 min22
Republic Airways83%0.8%14 min6128
PSA Airlines78%3.2%23 min21,192
SkyWest Airlines72%2.8%31 min65,648
Allegiant Air67%0.4%29 min81,104
United Airlines62%4.5%17 min522

Best time to fly out of SBN

On-time arrival rate by scheduled departure hour (local time).

  • 6am81%985 flts
  • 7am76%1,056 flts
  • 8am80%437 flts
  • 9am75%559 flts
  • 10am70%99 flts
  • 11am76%758 flts
  • 12pm74%558 flts
  • 1pm71%564 flts
  • 2pm76%359 flts
  • 3pm71%403 flts
  • 4pm58%646 flts
  • 5pm69%392 flts
  • 6pm62%498 flts
  • 7pm70%395 flts
  • 8pm57%159 flts
  • 9pm54%88 flts

Monthly trend

40%70%100%July 2025: 68.7% on time, 1.3% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 76.7% on time, 1.9% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 83.9% on time, 0.3% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 80.0% on time, 0.1% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 71.6% on time, 6.1% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 56.1% on time, 2.1% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 58.8% on time, 5.2% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 69.3% on time, 0.6% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 67.4% on time, 5.3% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 76.5% on time, 2.3% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 74.1% on time, 1.3% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 78.0% on time, 3.4% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 74.1% on time, 1.5% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why departures were late

  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)43%
  • Late-arriving aircraft26%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion16%
  • Extreme weather15%
  • Security0%

Data: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 (12 months). Latest month published by BTS: July 2026. How we calculate this.