San Diego International in February 2025

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 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 6,607 domestic departures from San Diego International (SAN). 80.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.0% reached their destination on time; 0.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.2% of flights departed on time and 77.9% arrived on time, so SAN departures were 1.6 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2024, the airport had 6,581 departures with 80.8% leaving on time: a change of 0.0 points, with flights up 0%.

Flights arriving at SAN that month were on time 75.7% of the time (6,606 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 42%, national aviation system 26% and air carrier 26%.

On time 80.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.8%
Cancelled 0.8%
Diverted 0.4%

Every scheduled departure from SAN in February 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

February 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Feb 2025	Feb 2024	SAN, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2025
Departed on time	80.8%	80.8%	73.5%	79.2%
Arrived on time	80.0%	81.3%	76.1%	77.9%
Cancelled	0.8%	0.7%	1.3%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	12.5 min	12.7 min	16.6 min	15.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	220	219	275	16,830
Scheduled departures	6,607	6,581	100,196	504,884

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	2,409	36%	82.7%	0.6 min	0.5%
OO SkyWest Airlines	1,015	15%	68.8%	14.5 min	2.1%
UA United Airlines	728	11%	87.6%	-4.0 min	0.1%
AA American Airlines	663	10%	81.4%	5.0 min	0.5%
AS Alaska Airlines	651	10%	73.7%	4.1 min	1.2%
DL Delta Air Lines	641	10%	87.5%	-4.1 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	197	3%	74.1%	20.0 min	0.5%
NK Spirit Airlines	135	2%	81.5%	0.2 min	0.7%
B6 JetBlue Airways	104	2%	71.2%	5.0 min	3.8%
HA Hawaiian Airlines	56	1%	69.6%	26.4 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	8	0%	50.0%	39.8 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SAN–LAS	San Diego to Las Vegas	556	77.9%	10.1 min	1.3%
SAN–SFO	San Diego to San Francisco	454	70.5%	13.9 min	1.1%
SAN–PHX	San Diego to Phoenix	418	83.0%	2.3 min	1.0%
SAN–DEN	San Diego to Denver	391	83.6%	-0.7 min	0.3%
SAN–SJC	San Diego to San Jose	389	79.9%	3.6 min	0.3%
SAN–SMF	San Diego to Sacramento	366	82.0%	2.7 min	0.3%
SAN–SEA	San Diego to Seattle	306	79.1%	0.8 min	1.3%
SAN–DFW	San Diego to Dallas/Fort Worth	235	82.1%	5.6 min	0.0%
SAN–OAK	San Diego to Oakland	221	86.0%	-2.9 min	0.5%
SAN–SLC	San Diego to Salt Lake City	194	83.0%	2.5 min	0.0%
SAN–LAX	San Diego to Los Angeles	168	84.5%	0.9 min	0.0%
SAN–ORD	San Diego to Chicago	168	83.3%	-0.2 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), February 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	25.5%	33.9%	19,544
Late-arriving aircraft	41.8%	36.9%	32,043
National Aviation System	25.9%	22.5%	19,856
Extreme weather	6.7%	6.6%	5,162
Security	0.0%	0.1%	23

76,628 delay minutes on 1,244 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 February 2025?

80.8% of 6,607 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.2% and 77.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2024, 80.8% of 6,581 departures left on time and 0.7% were cancelled, against 80.8% and 0.8% in February 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for February 2025; 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.