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Airport · BIH · Bishop, California

Bishop, CA

According to PlainFlights' airport traffic ranking (BTS On-Time Performance total flights), Bishop, CA (BIH) ranks #357 of 382 tracked US airports by total flights (most flights = #1). Bishop, CA posts bottom-quartile on-time performance among the 382 tracked U.S. airports, as a smaller regional airport.

Data updated 2026-06-13

75%
On-time
Top 96%
on-time, US airports
98 min
Delay when late
2.05%
Cancelled
#357 of 382
Corpus placement
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BIH on-time rate vs. the national average

Behind the U.S. average across all 382 tracked airports.

0%100%U.S. average79%75%

Delay Cause Breakdown

Top delay cause: Late Aircraft. Total delay minutes: 28,687.

Late Aircraft 46.8% (13,415 min)
Carrier 34.7% (9,948 min)
NAS (National Aviation System) 10.9% (3,117 min)
Weather 7.7% (2,207 min)
Security 0.0% (0 min)

BIH - seasonal on-time pattern

Best: June (96%) · worst: December (82.4%)

80%85%90%95%100% JanFebMarAprJunJulAugSepOctDec 82.4%

BIH - on-time rate by year

2021–2025, year-over-year trend.

70%75%80%85%90%95% 20212022202320242025 74.4% 90.3% ▲ +21.4%

BIH - taxi-out and taxi-in (monthly)

Average taxi-out 14.8 min · taxi-in 5.8 min over the last 24 reported months (U.S. airport mean taxi-out ≈ 16.4 min).

5 min10 min15 min20 min25 min30 min Jun 23Dec 25 15 min 20.3 min ▲ +35.3%

BIH's average taxi-out (14.8 min) sits near the recent U.S. airport mean (~16.4 min). Month-to-month, it swings from 9.0 min (October 2024) to 23.7 min (February 2024).

Cancellation & Diversion Analysis

Flight disruption statistics for Bishop, CA.

Cancellation Rate

2.05%

49 of 2,388 flights

Diversion Rate

0.25%

6 of 2,388 flights

Delay Rate

25.0%

598 of 2,388 flights

Nationwide peers by on-time rate & flight volume

Two PlainFlights-derived comparison paths for Bishop, CA, both outside California so the neighborhoods are not same-state geography. Axes stay disjoint: volume peers exclude the on-time peer set. Same-state compare stays below.

Similar on-time rate

Nearest out-of-state BTS on-time rate (this airport: 75%).

Punta Gorda, FL

Punta Gorda, FL

74.9% on-time 75,674 flights

Trenton, NJ

Trenton, NJ

75.4% on-time 21,106 flights

Pago Pago, TT

Pago Pago, TT

74.6% on-time 1,005 flights

Ponce, PR

Ponce, PR

74.5% on-time 8,079 flights

Similar flight volume

Nearest out-of-state total flights (this airport: 2,388).

Hyannis, MA

Hyannis, MA

2,242 flights 79.1% on-time

Lynchburg, VA

Lynchburg, VA

2,116 flights 86.5% on-time

Yakima, WA

Yakima, WA

2,733 flights 88% on-time

Alamosa, CO

Alamosa, CO

1,982 flights 89% on-time

Other Airports in California

Compare performance with other California airports.

LAX 82.8%

Los Angeles, CA

Los Angeles · 2,137,032 flights
SFO 81%

San Francisco, CA

San Francisco · 1,466,784 flights
SAN 80.8%

San Diego, CA

San Diego · 973,807 flights
SMF 82.7%

Sacramento, CA

Sacramento · 592,833 flights
SJC 84.2%

San Jose, CA

San Jose · 546,547 flights
SNA 82.5%

Santa Ana, CA

Santa Ana · 482,186 flights
OAK 81.7%

Oakland, CA

Oakland · 472,036 flights
BUR 82.4%

Burbank, CA

Burbank · 319,148 flights

BIH delay-share reading

The standout signal at Bishop, CA is the delay mix: Late Aircraft owns 46.8% of 28,687 delay minutes across 2,388 BTS flights. The on-time headline is 75% (4 pts below the 79% national average), with 598 delayed and 49 cancelled (2.05%).

Delay minutes concentrate in Late Aircraft (46.8% late-aircraft, 34.7% carrier, 10.9% NAS, 7.7% weather, 0.0% security). As a quieter airport, a single late inbound can swing the month more than at a mega-hub.

On the multi-year calendar, BIH is strongest in June (96% on-time) and weakest in December (82.4%), a 13.6-point swing. Volume peaks in March (~120 flights/month). Field definitions: on-time performance explained.

Statewide aggregates for California: California flight data.

Data Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2021–2025). Statistics reflect cumulative performance across all available reporting periods. On-time rates exclude cancelled and diverted flights.

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Using BIH's data

BIH's on-time book sits in the slower half of the BTS set; check the delay mix and the worst month before treating the headline as typical.

  • Compare BIH against airports with a similar on-time rate. Compare airports
  • Travel in June rather than December if your dates are flexible. Seasonal patterns
  • Gate-to-wheels taxi-out averages 14.8 min here; check the monthly series before a tight connection. Taxi times

On-time rate reflects the BTS historical average across all reporting carriers at this airport, not any single flight or airline.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) On-Time Performance data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainFlights

Source: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) Airline on-time performance and operational reliability · 2025

Every figure on PlainFlights is rendered directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no number is typed in by an editor. Airport figures are computed directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.