San Diego International in November 2024

81.3%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 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 7,908 domestic departures from San Diego International (SAN). 81.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 79.9% reached their destination on time; 0.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.2% of flights departed on time and 84.8% arrived on time, so SAN departures were 3.9 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in November 2023, the airport had 7,673 departures with 85.7% leaving on time: a change of −4.4 points, with flights up 3%.

Flights arriving at SAN that month were on time 78.6% of the time (7,913 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 48%, national aviation system 27% and air carrier 21%.

On time 79.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.5%
Cancelled 0.4%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Nov 2024	Nov 2023	SAN, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2024
Departed on time	81.3%	85.7%	73.5%	85.2%
Arrived on time	79.9%	85.8%	76.1%	84.8%
Cancelled	0.4%	0.4%	1.3%	0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	12.3 min	9.5 min	16.6 min	10.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	264	256	275	19,180
Scheduled departures	7,908	7,673	100,196	575,404

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	2,768	35%	81.2%	2.7 min	0.4%
OO SkyWest Airlines	1,116	14%	66.8%	18.1 min	0.7%
UA United Airlines	875	11%	82.7%	0.9 min	0.1%
AS Alaska Airlines	873	11%	77.9%	4.1 min	0.5%
DL Delta Air Lines	790	10%	92.3%	-7.8 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	746	9%	85.9%	-0.1 min	0.5%
F9 Frontier Airlines	296	4%	63.5%	30.0 min	0.7%
NK Spirit Airlines	241	3%	82.6%	5.2 min	0.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways	134	2%	82.8%	-8.0 min	0.0%
HA Hawaiian Airlines	60	1%	85.0%	-2.6 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	9	0%	44.4%	21.7 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SAN–LAS	San Diego to Las Vegas	622	75.9%	11.1 min	0.5%
SAN–SFO	San Diego to San Francisco	586	62.5%	23.7 min	0.5%
SAN–PHX	San Diego to Phoenix	486	82.3%	6.5 min	0.2%
SAN–SJC	San Diego to San Jose	475	80.4%	4.0 min	0.6%
SAN–SMF	San Diego to Sacramento	463	76.7%	8.9 min	0.0%
SAN–DEN	San Diego to Denver	457	80.7%	0.0 min	0.9%
SAN–SEA	San Diego to Seattle	353	81.9%	1.5 min	0.0%
SAN–OAK	San Diego to Oakland	296	81.1%	4.8 min	0.7%
SAN–DFW	San Diego to Dallas/Fort Worth	264	77.3%	11.5 min	1.5%
SAN–ATL	San Diego to Atlanta	221	90.5%	-5.4 min	0.0%
SAN–ORD	San Diego to Chicago	213	87.8%	-6.7 min	0.0%
SAN–JFK	San Diego to New York	212	83.0%	-4.5 min	0.5%

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 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	21.1%	36.9%	19,671
Late-arriving aircraft	47.7%	35.6%	44,424
National Aviation System	27.0%	21.9%	25,124
Extreme weather	4.2%	5.4%	3,869
Security	0.1%	0.2%	80

93,168 delay minutes on 1,540 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 2024?

81.3% of 7,908 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 79.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.2% and 84.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In November 2023, 85.7% of 7,673 departures left on time and 0.4% were cancelled, against 81.3% and 0.4% in November 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for November 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.