Airport month record

BURMAR

Hollywood Burbank in March 2026

Departures: 2,556
Month: March 2026
National, same month: 75.7%
Carriers: 8

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

BUR in March earns an A. More than four flights in five arrive inside the 15-minute window the DOT uses to define an on-time arrival, which puts it 10 points better than the national rate of 75.7%. When something does go wrong the average delay runs about an hour. That rests on 2,556 flights, of which SkyWest Airlines flew 389 at 89.9% on time.

Set against the rest of the country, BUR's March record is 10 points better than the US average of 75.7%. That gap is worth roughly 97 fewer late arrivals for every thousand flights.

On time

85.4%

Arrivals under 15 minutes late, of 2,512 completed departures

Avg delay

68 min

Across delayed arrivals only, not all flights

Cancelled

1.29%

Nationally in March: 2.90%

Whole year

81.6%

BUR across all twelve months

These figures cover 2,556 departures from Hollywood Burbank in March 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

March next to BUR's other months

Against BUR's own year, March ran 4 points better than the twelve-month rate of 81.6%, which makes it number four of twelve months, best first. Either side of it, February ran 86.6% on time and April 82.2%, so this month sits in line with its neighbours.

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 (this page)	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	2,602	78.1%	62 min	0.88%	B+

Departure window

The best time of day to leave BUR in March

Departure time is the single lever a traveller controls, and it moves the odds more than most people expect. Each bar below is the on-time rate for flights scheduled to leave inside that window, across 2,556 flights.

5am–8am396 flights90.1%
8am–11am535 flights86.7%
11am–2pm506 flights84.7%
2pm–5pm457 flights83.9%
5pm–8pm441 flights84.3%
8pm–5am221 flights81.4%

Scale runs 75% to 95%.

Book the early departure. Flights leaving between 5am–8am arrive on time 90.1% of the time, against 81.4% for the overnight window. That is 9 points of difference for no extra money, and it comes from the same aircraft having had no earlier flight to fall behind on. The 8am–11am window is the busiest, with 535 flights scheduled in it.

Across the week, Wednesday is the strongest day at 89.7% on time and Friday the weakest at 82.4%, a spread of 7 points.

Carrier by carrier

Which airlines ran best at BUR in March

The two carriers here are closely matched: 5 points separate the best from the worst. At that spread, schedule and price are better tie-breakers than reliability. Sample sizes are shown so you can see which rows are worth weighing.

Carriers at BUR in March 2026
Airline	Flights	On time	Avg delay	Cancelled	Grade
Southwest Airlines	1,452	85.1%	58 min	1.31%	A
SkyWest Airlines	389	89.9%	88 min	0.26%	A+
Alaska Airlinesthin sample	206	86.7%	70 min	2.43%	A
United Airlinesthin sample	200	82.9%	69 min	0.00%	B+
Spirit Airlinesthin sample	88	84.1%	65 min	6.82%	B−
Delta Air Linesthin sample	86	84.1%	176 min	2.33%	B
American Airlinesthin sample	62	83.6%	73 min	0.00%	B+
Envoy Airthin sample	31	80.6%	21 min	0.00%	B+

No carrier stands out. SkyWest tops the table at 89.9%, 5 points clear of the bottom, which is inside the range this kind of sample moves year to year.

Route by route

Busiest routes out of BUR in March

Routes from BUR in March 2026
Route	Flights	On time	Avg delay	Cancelled	Grade
BUR to LAS · Las Vegas	377	80.9%	49 min	2.92%	B
BUR to SFO · San Franciscothin sample	310	85.5%	66 min	0.00%	A+
BUR to PHX · Phoenixthin sample	288	82.9%	73 min	0.00%	B+
BUR to SMF · Sacramentothin sample	223	91.7%	57 min	2.69%	A
BUR to OAK · Oaklandthin sample	219	85.2%	46 min	1.37%	A
BUR to SJC · San Josethin sample	170	88.0%	67 min	2.35%	A
BUR to DEN · Denverthin sample	168	79.4%	89 min	0.60%	B+
BUR to SEA · Seattlethin sample	123	85.2%	61 min	3.25%	A−
BUR to SLC · Salt Lake Citythin sample	116	94.0%	59 min	0.00%	A+
BUR to PDX · Portlandthin sample	83	88.9%	86 min	1.20%	A
BUR to DFW · Dallas-Fort Worththin sample	62	83.6%	73 min	0.00%	B+
BUR to STS · Santa Rosathin sample	51	96.1%	66 min	0.00%	A+
BUR to RNO · Renothin sample	46	84.8%	43 min	0.00%	B+
BUR to BOI · Boisethin sample	33	93.8%	87 min	3.03%	A−
BUR to EUG · Eugenethin sample	31	87.1%	98 min	0.00%	A+
BUR to DAL · Dallasthin sample	31	87.1%	46 min	0.00%	A+
BUR to PSC · Pascothin sample	31	87.1%	97 min	0.00%	A+
BUR to RDM · Redmondthin sample	31	100.0%	—	0.00%	A+
BUR to AUS · Austinthin sample	31	74.2%	45 min	0.00%	C+
BUR to ATL · Atlantathin sample	31	70.4%	249 min	6.45%	C−

Delay causes

What held BUR up in March

Late-arriving aircraft accounts for 49% of the 25,000 delay minutes carriers reported here, and the remaining four split what is left.

Late-arriving aircraft
49%
Carrier
31%
National Airspace System
15%
Extreme weather
5%
Security
0%

49% of delay minutes trace back to a late-arriving aircraft, meaning the plane was already behind before it got here. Across 25,000 reported delay minutes here, that single category outweighs weather by 9 to one. The split is drawn from 24,732 reported delay minutes.

Cancellations sit at 1.29% against a national 2.90%, which is ordinary. Diversions add another 0.43%.

5.3% of arrivals land an hour or more late, close to the national 9.5%, 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 March

For a March trip through BUR: expect 85.4% on time and 1.29% cancelled, going by March 2026. The 5am–8am window was the strongest part of the day.

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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