Airport month record

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Hollywood Burbank in May 2026

Departures: 2,520
Month: May 2026
National, same month: 78.6%
Carriers: 8

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

BUR in May lands a B, level with the national rate of 78.6%. About one flight in five arrives 15 minutes late or worse, and those flights are late by about an hour on average. That rests on 2,520 flights, with a median arrival 9 minutes early.

On time

79.0%

Arrivals under 15 minutes late, of 2,489 completed departures

Avg delay

65 min

Across delayed arrivals only, not all flights

Cancelled

1.07%

Nationally in May: 0.92%

Whole year

81.6%

BUR across all twelve months

These figures cover 2,520 departures from Hollywood Burbank in May 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

May next to BUR's other months

Against BUR's own year, May ran 3 points worse than the twelve-month rate of 81.6%, which makes it number ten of twelve months, best first. Either side of it, April ran 82.2% on time and June 76.9%, 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	2,556	85.4%	68 min	1.29%	A
April 2026	2,455	82.2%	53 min	0.69%	B+
May 2026 (this page)	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 May

Departure time matters more here than the choice of carrier. The gap between the best and worst window is 26 points, against half a point between the best and worst carrier.

5am–8am354 flights94.0%
8am–11am556 flights86.0%
11am–2pm501 flights76.2%
2pm–5pm516 flights73.8%
5pm–8pm405 flights71.7%
8pm–5am188 flights67.7%

Scale runs 60% to 100%.

Book the early departure. Flights leaving between 5am–8am arrive on time 94.0% of the time, against 67.7% for the overnight window. That is 26 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 556 flights scheduled in it.

Across the week, Saturday is the strongest day at 89.7% on time and Friday the weakest at 72.7%, a spread of 17 points.

Carrier by carrier

Which airlines ran best at BUR in May

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 May 2026
Airline	Flights	On time	Avg delay	Cancelled	Grade
Southwest Airlines	1,470	81.0%	56 min	0.88%	B+
SkyWest Airlinesthin sample	315	82.2%	89 min	0.00%	B+
United Airlinesthin sample	252	48.4%	70 min	0.00%	F+
Alaska Airlinesthin sample	251	88.5%	58 min	2.79%	A
American Airlinesthin sample	62	87.5%	133 min	6.45%	A−
Delta Air Linesthin sample	62	85.2%	41 min	1.61%	A
Envoy Airthin sample	34	91.2%	29 min	0.00%	A+
JetBlue Airwaysthin sample	31	80.0%	163 min	3.23%	B−

Route by route

Busiest routes out of BUR in May

Routes from BUR in May 2026
Route	Flights	On time	Avg delay	Cancelled	Grade
BUR to LAS · Las Vegasthin sample	296	79.5%	54 min	0.68%	B+
BUR to SFO · San Franciscothin sample	289	30.9%	65 min	1.38%	F
BUR to PHX · Phoenixthin sample	284	82.3%	89 min	0.70%	B+
BUR to SMF · Sacramentothin sample	225	86.2%	60 min	0.44%	A+
BUR to OAK · Oaklandthin sample	219	87.6%	59 min	0.91%	A+
BUR to DEN · Denverthin sample	171	86.5%	57 min	0.00%	A+
BUR to SJC · San Josethin sample	166	90.9%	42 min	1.20%	A
BUR to SEA · Seattlethin sample	142	84.6%	65 min	4.23%	B−
BUR to SLC · Salt Lake Citythin sample	118	94.1%	71 min	0.00%	A+
BUR to PDX · Portlandthin sample	91	92.2%	35 min	1.10%	A
BUR to STS · Santa Rosathin sample	85	78.8%	63 min	0.00%	B+
BUR to DFW · Dallas-Fort Worththin sample	62	87.5%	133 min	6.45%	A−
BUR to RNO · Renothin sample	35	88.6%	37 min	0.00%	A+
BUR to JFK · New Yorkthin sample	31	80.0%	163 min	3.23%	B−
BUR to ATL · Atlantathin sample	31	76.7%	44 min	3.23%	B−
BUR to RDM · Redmondthin sample	31	80.6%	76 min	0.00%	B+
BUR to BNA · Nashvillethin sample	31	83.9%	67 min	0.00%	B+
BUR to MDW · Chicagothin sample	31	90.3%	34 min	0.00%	A+
BUR to EUG · Eugenethin sample	31	93.5%	82 min	0.00%	A+
BUR to BOI · Boisethin sample	30	86.7%	51 min	0.00%	A+

Delay causes

What held BUR up in May

Late-arriving aircraft accounts for 46% of the 34,000 delay minutes carriers reported here, and the remaining four split what is left.

Late-arriving aircraft
46%
National Airspace System
39%
Carrier
14%
Extreme weather
1%

46% of delay minutes trace back to a late-arriving aircraft, meaning the plane was already behind before it got here. Across 34,000 reported delay minutes here, that single category outweighs weather by 33 to one. The split is drawn from 33,750 reported delay minutes.

Cancellations sit at 1.07% against a national 0.92%, which is ordinary. Diversions add another 0.16%.

7.6% of arrivals land an hour or more late, close to the national 7.1%, 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 May

For a May trip through BUR: plan on this being one of the airport's harder months. The 5am–8am departures held up best at 94.0% on time, and with 7.6% 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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