Route profile
BUR→AUS
Flight reliability, delays and best times to fly from Burbank to Austin, 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 97% of comparable major US routes (4,598 compared)
Calculated from 1,191 flights. How this is calculated · What counts as on time
BUR → AUS arrives on time 86.3% of the time; the return trip, AUS → BUR, arrives on time 72.8% of the time, a 13.6-point gap between the two directions of the same city pair.
BUR → AUS spends 21.2 minutes on the ground on a 1,241-mile trip: 14.3 minutes from pushback to wheels-up at BUR and 6.9 minutes from touchdown to gate at AUS.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · Data covering July 2023 – July 2026
What stands out
Which day you fly matters unusually much here, a wider weekday spread than 98% of 4,467 comparable routes.
97.6% on time on a typical Saturday, against 79.9% on a Monday.
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 4,467 in the comparison.
What sets this route apart
Where BUR to AUS differs most from similar routes by hour, weekday, month and airline, July 2023 – July 2026.
BUR to AUS is at its best against routes of similar length for flights scheduled at 9 AM: 94.5% arrive on time, 11.1 points ahead of the 83.4% those routes manage at that hour. Against all other routes the gap is 10.2 points.
BUR to AUS holds up on Saturdays better than routes of similar length do: 97.6% on time to their 77.5%, a 20.1 points lead. Against all other routes the gap is 18.5 points.
July is kinder to BUR to AUS than to routes of similar length: 84.0% on time against 68.7%, 15.3 points better. Against all other routes the gap is 14.3 points.
Southwest Airlines does better on BUR to AUS than on its routes of similar length: 86.3% on time here, 75.6% there, 10.7 points apart. Against all other routes the gap is 8.9 points.
BUR to AUS against comparable routes
July 2023 – July 2026| Measure | This route | Compared with | Them | Gap | Flights behind it |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hour: 9 AM departures | 94.5% | routes of similar length | 83.4% | +11.1 pts | 238 here, 100,157 there |
| Weekday: Saturday | 97.6% | routes of similar length | 77.5% | +20.1 pts | 124 here, 250,716 there |
| Month: July | 84.0% | routes of similar length | 68.7% | +15.3 pts | 144 here, 204,685 there |
| Airline: Southwest Airlines | 86.3% | routes of similar length | 75.6% | +10.7 pts | 1,186 here, 396,628 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
22 min late
against a median of 5 min early
Percentiles over 1,191 operations; cancelled and diverted flights are counted separately.
Will your connection be tight enough?
Layovers at AUS after arriving from BUR.
| Connection time | Chance of missing | Reads as |
|---|---|---|
| 30 min | 34% | Likely to miss |
| 45 min | 13% | Some risk |
| 60 min | 7.7% | Some risk |
| 90 min | 3.4% | Low risk |
| 120 min | 1.6% | 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 0.25% of the time, which a late arrival never shows up in.
Chance of missing is the share of 1,186 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 22 minutes late (90th-percentile gate arrival delay), over 1,191 operations.
Any other layover length: connection checker.
Best time to fly
BUR → AUS flights departing 5–9 AM arrived on time 92.8% of the time, against 74.6% for 3–6 PM departures, a gap of 18.2 percentage points.
By departure window
By departure hour
- 12 AM to 6 AM: too few flights to score
- 7 AM: 94.3% on time from 122 flights
- 8 AM: 92.1% on time from 254 flights
- 9 AM: 94.5% on time from 240 flights
- 10 AM: too few flights to score
- 11 AM: 81.8% on time from 133 flights
- 12 PM to 11 PM: too few flights to score
Departure windows with fewer than 120 flights are not scored.
Why BUR → AUS 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 BUR → AUS. Only delays of 15 minutes or more are attributed. What the five causes mean
Late-arriving aircraft is the largest cause on BUR → AUS, at 49.9%: flights here mostly leave late because the plane came in late, and the day shows it: 5–9 AM departures arrived on time 92.8% of the time and 3–6 PM departures 74.6%.
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 | 86.3% | 0.17% | -5 min | 3.4% |
Other ways to fly Los Angeles to Austin
Airport pairs in the same two city markets, as the DOT defines them.
| Route | Flights | On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAX→AUS Los Angeles to Austin | 12,806 | 79.5% | 0.58% | -6 min | 71 |
| BUR→AUS this route Burbank to Austin | 1,191 | 86.3% | 0.17% | -5 min | 88 |
BUR → AUS is the most reliable pairing for this journey at 86.3% on time, against 79.5% for LAX → AUS.
Flying to AUS from the Los Angeles area? Compare BUR, LAX, SNA, ONT for AUS, with the same test for what counts as a real difference.
Weekly and seasonal patterns
By day of week
Saturday is historically the most reliable day and Monday the least, a gap of 17.7 percentage points.
Reliability over time
July 2023 – July 2026
Over the most recent 12 months (2025-08 to 2026-07), on-time arrivals averaged 80.8% against 88.9% in the 12 months before — declining by 8.1 percentage points.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 1,191 BUR → AUS 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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