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Hollywood Burbank in September 2025

Departures: 2,496
Month: September 2025
National, same month: 83.4%
Carriers: 9

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

BUR in September 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 2 points better than the national rate of 83.4%. When something does go wrong the average delay runs about an hour. That rests on 2,496 flights, with a median arrival 9 minutes early.

On time

85.5%

Arrivals under 15 minutes late, of 2,480 completed departures

Avg delay

68 min

Across delayed arrivals only, not all flights

Cancelled

0.56%

Nationally in September: 0.51%

Whole year

81.6%

BUR across all twelve months

These figures cover 2,496 departures from Hollywood Burbank in September 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

September next to BUR's other months

Against BUR's own year, September ran 4 points better than the twelve-month rate of 81.6%, which makes it number three of twelve months, best first. Cancellations were unusually low for BUR in September, at 0.56% against 1.27% across the year.

BUR month by month
Month	Flights	On time	Avg delay	Cancelled	Grade
September 2025 (this page)	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	2,602	78.1%	62 min	0.88%	B+

Departure window

The best time of day to leave BUR in September

Departure time matters more here than the choice of carrier. The gap between the best and worst window is 18 points, against half a point between the best and worst carrier.

5am–8am278 flights93.1%
8am–11am593 flights88.7%
11am–2pm547 flights84.9%
2pm–5pm459 flights83.8%
5pm–8pm470 flights82.5%
8pm–5am149 flights75.3%

Scale runs 65% to 100%.

Book the early departure. Flights leaving between 5am–8am arrive on time 93.1% of the time, against 75.3% for the overnight window. That is 18 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 593 flights scheduled in it.

Across the week, Wednesday is the strongest day at 91.9% on time and Thursday the weakest at 78.8%, a spread of 13 points.

Carrier by carrier

Which airlines ran best at BUR in September

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 September 2025
Airline	Flights	On time	Avg delay	Cancelled	Grade
Southwest Airlines	1,526	85.6%	58 min	0.52%	A+
SkyWest Airlinesthin sample	281	84.3%	81 min	0.00%	B+
Alaska Airlinesthin sample	208	92.7%	44 min	0.96%	A+
United Airlinesthin sample	185	83.2%	49 min	0.00%	B+
Spirit Airlinesthin sample	90	80.9%	115 min	1.11%	B
American Airlinesthin sample	60	91.5%	69 min	1.67%	A
Delta Air Linesthin sample	60	81.7%	99 min	0.00%	B+
Envoy Airthin sample	48	85.1%	105 min	2.08%	A
JetBlue Airwaysthin sample	30	65.5%	181 min	3.33%	C−

Route by route

Busiest routes out of BUR in September

Routes from BUR in September 2025
Route	Flights	On time	Avg delay	Cancelled	Grade
BUR to LAS · Las Vegasthin sample	352	77.7%	82 min	0.57%	B+
BUR to OAK · Oaklandthin sample	254	86.6%	58 min	0.39%	A+
BUR to PHX · Phoenixthin sample	237	87.0%	122 min	2.11%	A
BUR to SMF · Sacramentothin sample	228	89.4%	49 min	0.44%	A+
BUR to SFO · San Franciscothin sample	225	77.3%	42 min	0.00%	B+
BUR to DEN · Denverthin sample	206	82.9%	45 min	0.49%	B+
BUR to SJC · San Josethin sample	202	92.1%	53 min	0.00%	A+
BUR to SLC · Salt Lake Citythin sample	130	86.9%	72 min	0.00%	A+
BUR to SEA · Seattlethin sample	127	92.0%	37 min	1.57%	A
BUR to PDX · Portlandthin sample	81	93.8%	57 min	0.00%	A+
BUR to DFW · Dallas-Fort Worththin sample	60	91.5%	69 min	1.67%	A
BUR to RNO · Renothin sample	47	76.6%	57 min	0.00%	B+
BUR to BOI · Boisethin sample	34	94.1%	46 min	0.00%	A+
BUR to STL · St. Louisthin sample	30	93.1%	16 min	0.00%	A+
BUR to DAL · Dallasthin sample	30	83.3%	74 min	0.00%	B+
BUR to ABQ · Albuquerquethin sample	30	93.3%	31 min	0.00%	A+
BUR to BNA · Nashvillethin sample	30	90.0%	75 min	0.00%	A+
BUR to MDW · Chicagothin sample	30	90.0%	45 min	0.00%	A+
BUR to AUS · Austinthin sample	30	96.7%	47 min	0.00%	A+
BUR to STS · Santa Rosathin sample	30	93.3%	29 min	0.00%	A+
BUR to ATL · Atlantathin sample	30	70.0%	60 min	0.00%	C+
BUR to JFK · New Yorkthin sample	30	65.5%	181 min	3.33%	C−

Delay causes

What held BUR up in September

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 24,000 reported delay minutes.

Late-arriving aircraft
38%
National Airspace System
28%
Carrier
28%
Extreme weather
6%
Security
0%

38% of delay minutes trace back to a late-arriving aircraft, meaning the plane was already behind before it got here. Across 24,000 reported delay minutes here, that single category outweighs weather by 7 to one. The split is drawn from 24,406 reported delay minutes.

Cancellations are rare at 0.56%, below the national 0.51% 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.

Badly late arrivals are rare here: only 4.8% land an hour or more behind schedule, against 5.4% nationally. Connections built on this flight are about as safe as US domestic connections get, though a cancelled flight still ignores every layover you give it.

What to do with this

Flying from BUR in September

For a September trip through BUR: this is one of the better months to be flying from here, 85.5% on time with 0.56% cancelled. That is a base rate for the month as a whole; a single storm can still spoil a particular 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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