San Diego International in February 2026

78.9%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 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 7,008 domestic departures from San Diego International (SAN). 78.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 82.9% reached their destination on time; 1.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.1% of flights departed on time and 78.3% arrived on time, so SAN departures were 0.8 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2025, the airport had 6,607 departures with 80.8% leaving on time: a change of −1.9 points, with flights up 6%.

Flights arriving at SAN that month were on time 78.6% of the time (7,008 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 42%, air carrier 38% and national aviation system 16%.

On time 82.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.8%
Cancelled 1.0%
Diverted 0.3%

Every scheduled departure from SAN in February 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

February 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Feb 2026	Feb 2025	SAN, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2026
Departed on time	78.9%	80.8%	73.5%	78.1%
Arrived on time	82.9%	80.0%	76.1%	78.3%
Cancelled	1.0%	0.8%	1.3%	2.3%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	13.7 min	12.5 min	16.6 min	15.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	234	220	275	17,168
Scheduled departures	7,008	6,607	100,196	515,037

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	2,694	38%	80.8%	0.9 min	0.4%
OO SkyWest Airlines	1,055	15%	82.1%	-0.3 min	0.9%
AS Alaska Airlines	934	13%	84.6%	-4.6 min	1.1%
UA United Airlines	733	10%	86.2%	-3.2 min	0.8%
AA American Airlines	690	10%	83.6%	5.4 min	1.2%
DL Delta Air Lines	665	9%	87.8%	-3.3 min	2.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	126	2%	83.3%	-2.5 min	0.8%
B6 JetBlue Airways	111	2%	73.0%	16.2 min	9.9%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SAN–DEN	San Diego to Denver	460	83.7%	-2.1 min	0.2%
SAN–SFO	San Diego to San Francisco	443	76.3%	3.9 min	0.7%
SAN–PHX	San Diego to Phoenix	425	83.3%	6.6 min	0.9%
SAN–LAS	San Diego to Las Vegas	393	82.7%	1.8 min	0.0%
SAN–SMF	San Diego to Sacramento	382	79.1%	1.4 min	0.0%
SAN–SJC	San Diego to San Jose	309	85.1%	-1.4 min	0.3%
SAN–SEA	San Diego to Seattle	305	91.5%	-13.5 min	0.7%
SAN–SLC	San Diego to Salt Lake City	259	86.5%	0.4 min	1.2%
SAN–DFW	San Diego to Dallas/Fort Worth	248	80.6%	2.4 min	0.8%
SAN–ORD	San Diego to Chicago	242	85.5%	0.0 min	0.0%
SAN–OAK	San Diego to Oakland	220	81.8%	-3.7 min	0.0%
SAN–AUS	San Diego to Austin	215	81.9%	3.9 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 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	38.2%	38.2%	27,261
Late-arriving aircraft	42.0%	37.2%	29,939
National Aviation System	15.8%	18.5%	11,260
Extreme weather	3.9%	6.0%	2,774
Security	0.1%	0.2%	48

71,282 delay minutes on 1,108 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 2026?

78.9% of 7,008 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 82.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.1% and 78.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2025, 80.8% of 6,607 departures left on time and 0.8% were cancelled, against 78.9% and 1.0% in February 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for February 2026; 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.