Airport month record

BUROCT

Hollywood Burbank in October 2025

Departures: 2,624
Month: October 2025
National, same month: 79.7%
Carriers: 8

Historical statistics for October 2025, not live status or a forecast for this year’s October. For today’s conditions at BUR, see live FAA status.

BUR in October lands a B, level with the national rate of 79.7%. 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 2,624 flights, with a median arrival 7 minutes early.

On time

79.0%

Arrivals under 15 minutes late, of 2,593 completed departures

Avg delay

60 min

Across delayed arrivals only, not all flights

Cancelled

1.07%

Nationally in October: 0.53%

Whole year

81.6%

BUR across all twelve months

These figures cover 2,624 departures from Hollywood Burbank in October 2025. 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

October next to BUR's other months

Against BUR's own year, October ran 3 points worse than the twelve-month rate of 81.6%, which makes it number nine of twelve months, best first. Either side of it, September ran 85.5% on time and November 80.4%, so a trip moved by a few weeks would have landed in a better stretch.

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

Departure window

The best time of day to leave BUR in October

Departure time matters more here than the choice of carrier. The gap between the best and worst window is 20 points, against half a point between the best and worst carrier.

5am–8am347 flights91.8%
8am–11am547 flights84.8%
11am–2pm564 flights78.9%
2pm–5pm534 flights72.0%
5pm–8pm418 flights72.6%
8pm–5am214 flights73.7%

Scale runs 65% to 95%.

Book the early departure. Flights leaving between 5am–8am arrive on time 91.8% of the time, against 72.0% for the afternoon window. That is 20 points of difference for no extra money, and it comes from the same aircraft having had no earlier flight to fall behind on. The 11am–2pm window is the busiest, with 564 flights scheduled in it.

Across the week, Saturday is the strongest day at 89.1% on time and Sunday the weakest at 72.4%, a spread of 17 points.

Carrier by carrier

Which airlines ran best at BUR in October

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 October 2025
Airline	Flights	On time	Avg delay	Cancelled	Grade
Southwest Airlines	1,595	78.3%	58 min	1.19%	B
SkyWest Airlinesthin sample	323	78.3%	67 min	0.00%	B+
Alaska Airlinesthin sample	209	82.3%	73 min	2.39%	B
United Airlinesthin sample	187	82.4%	55 min	0.00%	B+
American Airlinesthin sample	98	81.4%	59 min	1.02%	B
Spirit Airlinesthin sample	90	85.2%	44 min	2.22%	A
Delta Air Linesthin sample	54	77.4%	81 min	1.85%	B
Envoy Airthin sample	34	73.5%	60 min	0.00%	C+

Route by route

Busiest routes out of BUR in October

Routes from BUR in October 2025
Route	Flights	On time	Avg delay	Cancelled	Grade
BUR to LAS · Las Vegasthin sample	363	78.8%	67 min	1.38%	B
BUR to PHX · Phoenixthin sample	273	75.4%	52 min	0.37%	B+
BUR to OAK · Oaklandthin sample	256	80.6%	66 min	1.17%	B
BUR to SFO · San Franciscothin sample	254	71.3%	69 min	0.00%	C+
BUR to SMF · Sacramentothin sample	242	78.0%	50 min	2.48%	B
BUR to DEN · Denverthin sample	216	86.0%	47 min	0.46%	A+
BUR to SJC · San Josethin sample	211	80.7%	51 min	1.42%	B
BUR to SLC · Salt Lake Citythin sample	138	85.5%	50 min	0.00%	A+
BUR to SEA · Seattlethin sample	131	80.0%	54 min	3.82%	B−
BUR to PDX · Portlandthin sample	78	85.9%	116 min	0.00%	A+
BUR to DFW · Dallas-Fort Worththin sample	62	85.2%	64 min	1.61%	A
BUR to RNO · Renothin sample	48	85.4%	144 min	0.00%	A+
BUR to STS · Santa Rosathin sample	36	86.1%	36 min	0.00%	A+
BUR to DAL · Dallasthin sample	31	72.4%	34 min	3.23%	C−
BUR to ATL · Atlantathin sample	31	70.0%	89 min	3.23%	C−
BUR to STL · St. Louisthin sample	31	80.6%	77 min	0.00%	B+
BUR to BNA · Nashvillethin sample	31	77.4%	51 min	0.00%	B+
BUR to MDW · Chicagothin sample	31	83.9%	62 min	0.00%	B+
BUR to AUS · Austinthin sample	31	80.6%	41 min	0.00%	B+

Delay causes

What held BUR up in October

Late-arriving aircraft accounts for 56% of the 33,000 delay minutes carriers reported here, and the remaining four split what is left.

Late-arriving aircraft
56%
National Airspace System
22%
Carrier
20%
Extreme weather
2%

56% of delay minutes trace back to a late-arriving aircraft, meaning the plane was already behind before it got here. Across 33,000 reported delay minutes here, that single category outweighs weather by 25 to one. The split is drawn from 32,761 reported delay minutes.

Cancellations sit at 1.07% against a national 0.53%, which is ordinary. Diversions add another 0.11%.

6.6% of arrivals land an hour or more late, close to the national 6.3%, 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 October

For a October trip through BUR: expect 79.0% on time and 1.07% cancelled, going by October 2025. 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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