Airport month record

BURAUG

Hollywood Burbank in August 2026

Departures: 2,602
Month: August 2026
National, same month: 73.1%
Carriers: 9

Historical statistics for August 2026, not live status or a forecast for this year’s August. For today’s conditions at BUR, see live FAA status.

BUR in August lands a B+, 5 points better than the national rate of 73.1%. Roughly one flight in five arrives 15 minutes late or worse, and those flights are late by about an hour on average. That rests on 2,602 flights, with a median arrival 8 minutes early.

Set against the rest of the country, BUR's August record is 5 points better than the US average of 73.1%. That gap is worth roughly 50 fewer late arrivals for every thousand flights.

On time

78.1%

Arrivals under 15 minutes late, of 2,567 completed departures

Avg delay

62 min

Across delayed arrivals only, not all flights

Cancelled

0.88%

Nationally in August: 1.86%

Whole year

81.6%

BUR across all twelve months

These figures cover 2,602 departures from Hollywood Burbank in August 2026. On time means an arrival less than 15 minutes after the scheduled gate time, the DOT's threshold, and the national comparison uses every US departure in the same month rather than the whole year.

Against the year

August next to BUR's other months

Against BUR's own year, August ran 4 points worse than the twelve-month rate of 81.6%, which makes it number eleven of twelve months, best first.

BUR month by month
Month	Flights	On time	Avg delay	Cancelled	Grade
September 2025	2,496	85.5%	68 min	0.56%	A+
October 2025	2,624	79.0%	60 min	1.07%	B
November 2025	2,604	80.4%	77 min	2.00%	B
December 2025	2,623	81.2%	76 min	2.10%	B
January 2026	2,141	88.0%	75 min	1.26%	A
February 2026	2,134	86.6%	74 min	2.06%	A
March 2026	2,556	85.4%	68 min	1.29%	A
April 2026	2,455	82.2%	53 min	0.69%	B+
May 2026	2,520	79.0%	65 min	1.07%	B
June 2026	2,535	76.9%	59 min	1.22%	B
July 2026	2,626	79.3%	64 min	1.07%	B
August 2026 (this page)	2,602	78.1%	62 min	0.88%	B+

Departure window

The best time of day to leave BUR in August

Departure time matters more here than the choice of carrier. The gap between the best and worst window is 28 points, against half a point between the best and worst carrier.

5am–8am368 flights92.3%
8am–11am498 flights84.0%
11am–2pm585 flights78.9%
2pm–5pm541 flights70.0%
5pm–8pm400 flights74.2%
8pm–5am210 flights64.7%

Scale runs 55% to 100%.

The 8pm–5am window is where this operation falls apart: 64.7% on time, against 92.3% for the 5am–8am slot. By evening the aircraft flying these rotations have absorbed a full day of small delays and there is no slack left to recover in. The 11am–2pm window is the busiest, with 585 flights scheduled in it.

Across the week, Tuesday is the strongest day at 89.2% on time and Thursday the weakest at 73.4%, a spread of 16 points.

Carrier by carrier

Which airlines ran best at BUR in August

Only one carrier clears this site's 365-flight floor here, so there is no comparison to draw. The table below is the full picture.

Carriers at BUR in August 2026
Airline	Flights	On time	Avg delay	Cancelled	Grade
Southwest Airlines	1,524	78.9%	55 min	0.33%	B+
Alaska Airlinesthin sample	289	83.1%	50 min	1.73%	B
SkyWest Airlinesthin sample	264	88.8%	62 min	1.52%	A
United Airlinesthin sample	244	52.7%	63 min	0.41%	F+
Delta Air Linesthin sample	90	85.7%	50 min	4.44%	A−
American Airlinesthin sample	62	82.3%	150 min	0.00%	B+
Frontier Airlinesthin sample	49	74.5%	75 min	4.08%	C−
Envoy Airthin sample	31	87.1%	49 min	0.00%	A+
JetBlue Airwaysthin sample	31	65.5%	103 min	6.45%	C−

Route by route

Busiest routes out of BUR in August

Routes from BUR in August 2026
Route	Flights	On time	Avg delay	Cancelled	Grade
BUR to LAS · Las Vegasthin sample	349	73.0%	56 min	1.15%	C
BUR to SFO · San Franciscothin sample	276	44.0%	58 min	0.36%	F+
BUR to PHX · Phoenixthin sample	247	86.6%	59 min	0.00%	A+
BUR to SMF · Sacramentothin sample	218	89.0%	49 min	0.00%	A+
BUR to OAK · Oaklandthin sample	216	83.8%	51 min	0.00%	B+
BUR to DEN · Denverthin sample	177	76.6%	79 min	0.00%	B+
BUR to SEA · Seattlethin sample	176	79.1%	53 min	2.27%	B
BUR to SJC · San Josethin sample	176	83.2%	39 min	1.70%	B
BUR to SLC · Salt Lake Citythin sample	124	88.6%	69 min	0.81%	A+
BUR to PDX · Portlandthin sample	95	87.2%	44 min	1.05%	A
BUR to STS · Santa Rosathin sample	93	82.6%	55 min	0.00%	B+
BUR to DFW · Dallas-Fort Worththin sample	62	82.3%	150 min	0.00%	B+
BUR to BOI · Boisethin sample	49	93.8%	161 min	2.04%	A
BUR to RNO · Renothin sample	49	85.7%	55 min	0.00%	A+
BUR to EUG · Eugenethin sample	31	89.3%	43 min	6.45%	A−
BUR to RDM · Redmondthin sample	31	90.0%	63 min	3.23%	A−
BUR to MDW · Chicagothin sample	31	93.5%	67 min	0.00%	A+
BUR to ATL · Atlantathin sample	31	76.9%	40 min	9.68%	B−
BUR to JFK · New Yorkthin sample	31	65.5%	103 min	6.45%	C−
BUR to BNA · Nashvillethin sample	30	80.0%	56 min	0.00%	B+

Delay causes

What held BUR up in August

Carriers report a reason for every delay minute they cause, in five DOT categories. The split below is by minutes, not by number of flights, so a handful of very long weather delays weighs as much as many short ones. It covers 35,000 reported delay minutes.

Late-arriving aircraft
40%
National Airspace System
34%
Carrier
22%
Extreme weather
3%
Security
0%

40% of delay minutes trace back to a late-arriving aircraft, meaning the plane was already behind before it got here. Across 35,000 reported delay minutes here, that single category outweighs weather by 12 to one. The split is drawn from 34,611 reported delay minutes.

Cancellations are rare at 0.88%, below the national 1.86% and low enough to earn the plus on the grade. Roughly one flight in 100 is called off; the risk here is arriving late, not not arriving.

7.4% of arrivals land an hour or more late, close to the national 10.9%, so a 60 to 75 minute layover is reasonable here while anything under 45 minutes is a bet. Most delays on this route last about an hour, which a normal layover absorbs.

What to do with this

Flying from BUR in August

For a August trip through BUR: plan on this being one of the airport's harder months. The 5am–8am departures held up best at 92.3% on time, and with 7.4% of arrivals an hour or more late, a connection here deserves more slack than the same trip in January would.

Where to go next

Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, on-time performance data, September 2025 to August 2026. Last updated 22 October 2026; recomputed monthly. How this data is collected.

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