San Diego International in November 2023

85.7%departed on time

BTS: A flight is counted as on time if it arrived less than 15 minutes after its scheduled time. Only carriers with at least 0.5 percent of domestic scheduled passenger revenue report.

In November 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 7,673 domestic departures from San Diego International (SAN). 85.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 85.8% reached their destination on time; 0.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 86.0% of flights departed on time and 86.2% arrived on time, so SAN departures were level with the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at SAN that month were on time 84.1% of the time (7,677 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 44%, air carrier 32% and national aviation system 19%.

On time 85.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 13.7%
Cancelled 0.4%
Diverted 0.1%

Every scheduled departure from SAN in November 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

November 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Nov 2023	Year earlier	SAN, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2023
Departed on time	85.7%	—	73.5%	86.0%
Arrived on time	85.8%	—	76.1%	86.2%
Cancelled	0.4%	—	1.3%	0.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	9.5 min	—	16.6 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	256	—	275	18,793
Scheduled departures	7,673	—	100,196	563,777

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	2,999	39%	85.7%	-1.1 min	0.8%
OO SkyWest Airlines	946	12%	84.9%	1.2 min	0.1%
UA United Airlines	844	11%	90.9%	-8.3 min	0.1%
AS Alaska Airlines	760	10%	82.8%	-2.5 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	760	10%	92.9%	-9.1 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	726	9%	87.9%	5.5 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	221	3%	79.2%	4.6 min	0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	180	2%	84.4%	0.7 min	0.6%
B6 JetBlue Airways	166	2%	57.8%	23.8 min	0.0%
HA Hawaiian Airlines	58	1%	72.4%	20.7 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	13	0%	53.8%	9.3 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SAN–LAS	San Diego to Las Vegas	583	85.6%	2.3 min	1.0%
SAN–SFO	San Diego to San Francisco	520	84.0%	-1.2 min	0.2%
SAN–PHX	San Diego to Phoenix	480	84.2%	7.1 min	1.0%
SAN–SJC	San Diego to San Jose	468	88.9%	-2.9 min	1.5%
SAN–DEN	San Diego to Denver	462	89.6%	-4.6 min	0.4%
SAN–SMF	San Diego to Sacramento	440	86.6%	-2.0 min	0.0%
SAN–SEA	San Diego to Seattle	371	90.0%	-8.6 min	0.0%
SAN–OAK	San Diego to Oakland	317	86.4%	-1.2 min	0.6%
SAN–DFW	San Diego to Dallas/Fort Worth	298	84.9%	1.6 min	0.0%
SAN–JFK	San Diego to New York	215	78.6%	-1.8 min	0.0%
SAN–ORD	San Diego to Chicago	189	93.1%	-4.0 min	0.0%
SAN–ATL	San Diego to Atlanta	178	91.6%	-8.4 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), November 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	31.5%	42.5%	19,831
Late-arriving aircraft	44.2%	37.3%	27,795
National Aviation System	18.7%	16.2%	11,787
Extreme weather	5.6%	3.7%	3,493
Security	0.0%	0.3%	30

62,936 delay minutes on 1,053 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

How many flights left SAN on time in November 2023?

85.7% of 7,673 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 85.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 86.0% and 86.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

November 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for November 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for SAN · methodology · corrections.