Route profile
AUS→BUR
Flight reliability, delays and best times to fly from Austin to Burbank, 1,241 miles.
Right now
Aviation weather is not currently a factor.
Aviation weather is not currently a factor.
Route reliability
July 2023 – July 2026
Better than 54% of comparable major US routes (4,598 compared)
Calculated from 1,191 flights. How this is calculated · What counts as on time
AUS → BUR arrives on time 72.8% of the time; the return trip, BUR → AUS, arrives on time 86.3% of the time, a 13.6-point gap between the two directions of the same city pair.
AUS → BUR spends 15.5 minutes on the ground on a 1,241-mile trip: 12.7 minutes from pushback to wheels-up at AUS and 2.8 minutes from touchdown to gate at BUR.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · Data covering July 2023 – July 2026
What stands out
Unlike most, it barely matters what time you fly this route, a steadier spread than 96% of 4,023 comparable routes.
74.4% on time for 12–3 PM departures, against 68.5% for 6–9 PM, a narrow gap either way.
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – July 2026 · Ranked against every other route with the same kind of figure and at least 4,023 in the comparison.
What sets this route apart
Where AUS to BUR differs most from similar routes by hour, weekday, month and airline, July 2023 – July 2026.
AUS to BUR is at its best against routes of similar length for flights scheduled at 5 PM: 79.3% arrive on time, 11.3 points ahead of the 68.0% those routes manage at that hour. Against all other routes the gap is 9.5 points.
AUS to BUR struggles most at 12 PM: 68.3% of its flights scheduled then arrive on time, 9.7 points behind the 78.0% on routes of similar length at the same hour. Against all other routes the gap is 11.1 points.
Thursday is the day AUS to BUR slips furthest against routes of similar length, 66.9% on time where they average 75.9%, 9 points lower. Against all other routes the gap is 9.9 points.
Southwest Airlines’ flights on AUS to BUR arrive on time 72.8% of the time, 2.9 points below the 75.7% it manages on its routes of similar length. Against all other routes the gap is 4.6 points.
AUS to BUR against comparable routes
July 2023 – July 2026| Measure | This route | Compared with | Them | Gap | Flights behind it |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hour: 5 PM departures | 79.3% | routes of similar length | 68.0% | +11.3 pts | 227 here, 116,814 there |
| Hour: 12 PM departures | 68.3% | routes of similar length | 78.0% | −9.7 pts | 167 here, 125,884 there |
| Weekday: Thursday | 66.9% | routes of similar length | 75.9% | −9.0 pts | 178 here, 280,823 there |
| Airline: Southwest Airlines | 72.8% | routes of similar length | 75.7% | −2.9 pts | 1,183 here, 396,631 there |
Each comparison pools the flights of other routes, with this route’s own left out. Similar length means within 15% of this route’s 1,241 miles, with at least 5 such routes. A bucket is set against the most comparable group that has enough flights: similar length, then the same origin (at least 3 routes), then all other routes. Hours, weekdays and months appear only where both sides have 120 completed flights, and airlines where both have 600. The gap must be at least 2 points and 2 standard errors, and only the largest gap each way is kept per measure. These are differences in the flights counted, not causes.
When it goes wrong
July 2023 – July 2026
42 min late
against a median of 1 min late
Percentiles over 1,191 operations; cancelled and diverted flights are counted separately.
Will your connection be tight enough?
Layovers at BUR after arriving from AUS.
| Connection time | Chance of missing | Reads as |
|---|---|---|
| 30 min | 51% | Likely to miss |
| 45 min | 26% | High risk |
| 60 min | 14% | Some risk |
| 90 min | 6.3% | Some risk |
| 120 min | 3.3% | Low risk |
This is one leg of a connection. Gate changes and the next flight's own schedule matter too. And a connection can fail before delay is even the question — this route cancels 0.17% of the time and diverts 0.50% of the time, which a late arrival never shows up in.
Chance of missing is the share of 1,183 arrivals on this route that landed later than the connection time less 30 minutes to reach the next gate.
The worst tenth of arrivals on this route land at least 42 minutes late (90th-percentile gate arrival delay), over 1,191 operations.
Any other layover length: connection checker.
Best time to fly
AUS → BUR flights departing 12–3 PM arrived on time 74.4% of the time, against 68.5% for 6–9 PM departures, a gap of 5.9 percentage points.
By departure window
By departure hour
- 12 AM to 11 AM: too few flights to score
- 12 PM: 68.3% on time from 167 flights
- 1 PM to 3 PM: too few flights to score
- 4 PM: 59.3% on time from 146 flights
- 5 PM: 79.3% on time from 229 flights
- 6 PM: 72.1% on time from 175 flights
- 7 PM to 11 PM: too few flights to score
Departure windows with fewer than 120 flights are not scored.
Why AUS → BUR runs late
July 2023 – July 2026
the inbound aircraft was late, so this flight started late
crew, maintenance, boarding and fueling, all within the carrier’s control
airspace and airport capacity, including weather-driven flow control
weather severe enough to stop this flight specifically
screening or terminal security incidents
Share of the delay minutes US DOT attributed to each cause for AUS → BUR. Only delays of 15 minutes or more are attributed. What the five causes mean
Late-arriving aircraft is the largest cause on AUS → BUR, at 63.9%: flights here mostly leave late because the plane came in late, though departure time makes little difference here: the best and worst windows are 6 points apart.
Airlines on this route
Carriers with at least 200 flights, by the airline that operated each one.
| Carrier | Flights | On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines | 1,191 | 72.8% | 0.17% | 1 min | 6.4% |
Other ways to fly Austin to Los Angeles
Airport pairs in the same two city markets, as the DOT defines them.
| Route | Flights | On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS→LAX Austin to Los Angeles | 12,819 | 80.2% | 0.61% | -7 min | 71 |
| AUS→BUR this route Austin to Burbank | 1,191 | 72.8% | 0.17% | 1 min | 67 |
AUS → LAX is the most reliable pairing for this journey at 80.2% on time, against 72.8% for AUS → BUR.
Weekly and seasonal patterns
By day of week
Tuesday is historically the most reliable day and Thursday the least, a gap of 13.7 percentage points.
Reliability over time
July 2023 – July 2026
Over the most recent 12 months (2025-08 to 2026-07), on-time arrivals averaged 66.1% against 78.4% in the 12 months before — declining by 12.3 percentage points.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 1,191 AUS → BUR flight records from the US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, covering July 2023 – July 2026. Late means 15 or more minutes past scheduled arrival; cancelled and diverted flights are left out of on-time rates.
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Related research: How Long a Layover Needs to Be · Two Airlines on One Route · Best Time of Day to Fly From Major US Airports
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