On-Time Report

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Airport month · February 2024

San Diego International in February 2024

80.8%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 February 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 6,581 domestic departures from San Diego International (SAN). 80.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.3% reached their destination on time; 0.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.0% of flights departed on time and 83.4% arrived on time, so SAN departures were 3.2 points below the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at SAN that month were on time 79.4% of the time (6,579 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 44%, national aviation system 28% and air carrier 26%.

Every scheduled departure from SAN in February 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

February 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

MeasureFeb 2024Year earlierSAN, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Feb 2024
Departed on time80.8%—73.5%84.0%
Arrived on time81.3%—76.1%83.4%
Cancelled0.7%—1.3%0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)12.7 min—16.6 min11.2 min
Scheduled departures a day219—27517,307
Scheduled departures6,581—100,196519,221

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
WN Southwest Airlines2,43637%78.5%4.1 min0.9%
OO SkyWest Airlines86413%78.2%8.1 min0.6%
UA United Airlines71211%82.7%-0.2 min0.4%
AA American Airlines71111%85.5%5.2 min0.1%
DL Delta Air Lines65610%91.3%-8.5 min0.3%
AS Alaska Airlines62710%84.1%-3.5 min1.3%
F9 Frontier Airlines2233%80.3%6.4 min0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines1552%82.6%-0.5 min1.3%
B6 JetBlue Airways1302%73.8%2.5 min0.8%
HA Hawaiian Airlines581%53.4%15.3 min3.4%
G4 Allegiant Air90%77.8%7.9 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
SAN–LASSan Diego to Las Vegas51078.4%7.2 min2.0%
SAN–SFOSan Diego to San Francisco44149.2%32.4 min2.0%
SAN–PHXSan Diego to Phoenix42682.4%8.9 min0.2%
SAN–SJCSan Diego to San Jose40082.5%1.8 min0.5%
SAN–DENSan Diego to Denver39882.7%0.3 min0.3%
SAN–SMFSan Diego to Sacramento37782.2%1.3 min0.8%
SAN–SEASan Diego to Seattle33785.5%-3.1 min0.9%
SAN–DFWSan Diego to Dallas/Fort Worth28486.6%7.3 min0.0%
SAN–OAKSan Diego to Oakland26676.7%3.8 min1.1%
SAN–SLCSan Diego to Salt Lake City19986.9%-1.7 min0.0%
SAN–ORDSan Diego to Chicago18792.5%-15.3 min0.0%
SAN–LAXSan Diego to Los Angeles16589.7%1.6 min0.0%

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), February 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Feb 2024Minutes
Air carrier26.0%35.9%18,955
Late-arriving aircraft43.5%36.9%31,780
National Aviation System27.9%21.7%20,393
Extreme weather2.5%5.3%1,806
Security0.1%0.3%95
73,029 delay minutes on 1,155 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.
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Questions and answers

How many flights left SAN on time in February 2024?

80.8% of 6,581 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.0% and 83.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

February 2023 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 February 2024; 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.