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Airport month · May 2024
San Diego International in May 2024
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 May 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 7,936 domestic departures from San Diego International (SAN). 76.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 76.8% reached their destination on time; 0.8% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 73.4% of flights departed on time and 72.3% arrived on time, so SAN departures were 3.0 points above the national departure figure.
Flights arriving at SAN that month were on time 73.2% of the time (7,935 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 46%, air carrier 31% and national aviation system 20%.
- On time 76.8%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 22.0%
- Cancelled 0.8%
- Diverted 0.4%
May 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | May 2024 | Year earlier | SAN, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, May 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 76.4% | — | 73.5% | 73.4% |
| Arrived on time | 76.8% | — | 76.1% | 72.3% |
| Cancelled | 0.8% | — | 1.3% | 1.4% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 16.6 min | — | 16.6 min | 20.8 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 265 | — | 275 | 20,325 |
| Scheduled departures | 7,936 | — | 100,196 | 609,743 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 2,819 | 36% | 75.1% | 7.8 min | 0.4% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 982 | 12% | 79.2% | 6.3 min | 0.3% |
| UA United Airlines | 890 | 11% | 76.7% | 4.8 min | 1.2% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 860 | 11% | 77.7% | 4.5 min | 0.5% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 825 | 10% | 86.9% | 2.6 min | 0.0% |
| AA American Airlines | 770 | 10% | 72.5% | 22.4 min | 3.4% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 298 | 4% | 56.7% | 28.0 min | 3.0% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 234 | 3% | 84.6% | 3.6 min | 0.9% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 182 | 2% | 81.3% | 8.4 min | 0.0% |
| HA Hawaiian Airlines | 62 | 1% | 69.4% | 13.7 min | 1.6% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 14 | 0% | 85.7% | -1.8 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SAN–LAS | San Diego to Las Vegas | 543 | 79.4% | 8.3 min | 0.7% |
| SAN–SFO | San Diego to San Francisco | 529 | 48.2% | 27.9 min | 0.9% |
| SAN–DEN | San Diego to Denver | 496 | 70.4% | 10.3 min | 0.8% |
| SAN–PHX | San Diego to Phoenix | 480 | 80.2% | 9.4 min | 1.0% |
| SAN–SMF | San Diego to Sacramento | 463 | 84.9% | 1.8 min | 0.0% |
| SAN–SJC | San Diego to San Jose | 457 | 81.2% | 4.3 min | 0.0% |
| SAN–SEA | San Diego to Seattle | 396 | 83.8% | 3.3 min | 0.3% |
| SAN–DFW | San Diego to Dallas/Fort Worth | 319 | 59.2% | 32.4 min | 6.9% |
| SAN–OAK | San Diego to Oakland | 289 | 77.9% | 9.7 min | 0.3% |
| SAN–ORD | San Diego to Chicago | 247 | 74.5% | 8.7 min | 1.2% |
| SAN–ATL | San Diego to Atlanta | 213 | 80.8% | 13.1 min | 0.0% |
| SAN–SLC | San Diego to Salt Lake City | 209 | 87.1% | 1.3 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left SAN on time in May 2024?
76.4% of 7,936 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 76.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 73.4% and 72.3%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
May 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 May 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.