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Airport · LBB · Lubbock, Texas

Lubbock, TX

According to PlainFlights' airport traffic ranking (BTS On-Time Performance total flights), Lubbock, TX (LBB) ranks #127 of 382 tracked US airports by total flights (most flights = #1). Lubbock, TX posts below-median on-time performance among the 382 tracked U.S. airports, as a mid-size U.S. airport.

Data updated 2026-06-13

82%
On-time
Top 67%
on-time, US airports
81 min
Delay when late
1.43%
Cancelled
#127 of 382
Corpus placement
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LBB on-time rate vs. the national average

Ahead of the U.S. average across all 382 tracked airports.

0%100%U.S. average79%82%

Delay Cause Breakdown

Top delay cause: Late Aircraft. Total delay minutes: 468,727.

Late Aircraft 40.4% (189,132 min)
Carrier 33.6% (157,346 min)
NAS (National Aviation System) 16.7% (78,456 min)
Weather 9.2% (43,130 min)
Security 0.1% (663 min)

LBB - seasonal on-time pattern

Best: September (93.6%) · worst: June (89.9%)

89%90%91%92%93%94% JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 92%

LBB - on-time rate by year

2020–2025, year-over-year trend.

90%92%94%96%98% 202020212022202320242025 96.1% 91% ▼ -5.3%

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

Average taxi-out 15 min · taxi-in 4.5 min over the last 24 reported months (U.S. airport mean taxi-out ≈ 16.4 min).

12 min14 min16 min18 min Jan 24Dec 25 14.6 min 15.6 min ▲ +6.8%

LBB's average taxi-out (15 min) sits near the recent U.S. airport mean (~16.4 min). Month-to-month, it swings from 13.3 min (August 2024) to 17.3 min (January 2025).

Cancellation & Diversion Analysis

Flight disruption statistics for Lubbock, TX.

Cancellation Rate

1.43%

992 of 69,433 flights

Diversion Rate

0.12%

82 of 69,433 flights

Delay Rate

18.0%

12,482 of 69,433 flights

Top Routes from LBB

Busiest routes to and from Lubbock, TX.

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Route Flights On-Time Distance
DFW (Dallas/Fort Worth) → LBB (Lubbock) 14,008 79% 282 mi
LBB (Lubbock) → DFW (Dallas/Fort Worth) 14,006 79.7% 282 mi
DAL (Dallas) → LBB (Lubbock) 8,917 80.2% 293 mi
LBB (Lubbock) → DAL (Dallas) 8,915 86.5% 293 mi
LBB (Lubbock) → DEN (Denver) 3,710 80.5% 456 mi
DEN (Denver) → LBB (Lubbock) 3,707 75.8% 456 mi
LAS (Las Vegas) → LBB (Lubbock) 1,908 82.6% 775 mi
LBB (Lubbock) → LAS (Las Vegas) 1,907 81% 775 mi
IAH (Houston) → LBB (Lubbock) 1,744 84.6% 458 mi
LBB (Lubbock) → IAH (Houston) 1,743 84.6% 458 mi
PHX (Phoenix) → LBB (Lubbock) 1,659 81.3% 588 mi
LBB (Lubbock) → PHX (Phoenix) 1,627 91.1% 588 mi

Nationwide peers by on-time rate & flight volume

Two PlainFlights-derived comparison paths for Lubbock, TX, both outside Texas 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: 82%).

Charlotte, NC

Charlotte, NC

82% on-time 2,345,248 flights

Kansas City, MO

Kansas City, MO

82% on-time 524,365 flights

Cleveland, OH

Cleveland, OH

82% on-time 446,498 flights

Rochester, NY

Rochester, NY

82% on-time 126,934 flights

Similar flight volume

Nearest out-of-state total flights (this airport: 69,433).

Manchester, NH

Manchester, NH

69,564 flights 82.3% on-time

Phoenix, AZ

Phoenix, AZ

70,097 flights 78.7% on-time

Columbia, SC

Columbia, SC

67,973 flights 84.3% on-time

Medford, OR

Medford, OR

67,186 flights 86.8% on-time

Other Airports in Texas

Compare performance with other Texas airports.

DFW 78.5%

Dallas/Fort Worth, TX

Dallas/Fort Worth · 3,395,134 flights
IAH 81.6%

Houston, TX

Houston · 1,404,392 flights
AUS 79.3%

Austin, TX

Austin · 909,441 flights
DAL 77.6%

Dallas, TX

Dallas · 791,209 flights
HOU 79.4%

Houston, TX

Houston · 618,821 flights
SAT 81.7%

San Antonio, TX

San Antonio · 419,736 flights
ELP 81.4%

El Paso, TX

El Paso · 186,225 flights
MAF 82.9%

Midland/Odessa, TX

Midland/Odessa · 100,719 flights

LBB delay-share reading

The standout signal at Lubbock, TX is the delay mix: Late Aircraft owns 40.4% of 468,727 delay minutes across 69,433 BTS flights. The on-time headline is 82% (3 pts above the 79% national average), with 12,482 delayed and 992 cancelled (1.43%).

Delay minutes concentrate in Late Aircraft (40.4% late-aircraft, 33.6% carrier, 16.7% NAS, 9.2% weather, 0.1% security). As a busy airport, that mix matters more for connection planning than for a thin schedule.

On the multi-year calendar, LBB is strongest in September (93.6% on-time) and weakest in June (89.9%), a 3.7-point swing. Volume peaks in August (~1,074 flights/month). The busiest connecting route is to DFW (Dallas/Fort Worth) at 79% on-time. Field definitions: on-time performance explained.

Statewide aggregates for Texas: Texas flight data.

Data Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025). Statistics reflect cumulative performance across all available reporting periods. On-time rates exclude cancelled and diverted flights.

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Using LBB's data

LBB's on-time book is mid-pack; month and delay-cause mix move more than the headline rate.

  • Check the busiest route from LBB before you book a connection. See top routes
  • Travel in September rather than June if your dates are flexible. Seasonal patterns
  • Gate-to-wheels taxi-out averages 15 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.