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Airport month · August 2023
San Antonio International in August 2023
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 August 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 3,509 domestic departures from San Antonio International (SAT). 81.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 82.6% reached their destination on time; 0.9% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 76.9% arrived on time, so SAT departures were 5.2 points above the national departure figure.
Flights arriving at SAT that month were on time 76.5% of the time (3,511 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 44%, air carrier 39% and national aviation system 13%.
- On time 82.6%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 16.2%
- Cancelled 0.9%
- Diverted 0.3%
August 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Aug 2023 | Year earlier | SAT, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Aug 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 81.9% | — | 80.3% | 76.7% |
| Arrived on time | 82.6% | — | 80.6% | 76.9% |
| Cancelled | 0.9% | — | 1.2% | 1.5% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 14.7 min | — | 14.7 min | 17.3 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 117 | — | 110 | 20,100 |
| Scheduled departures | 3,509 | — | 40,226 | 602,987 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 1,378 | 39% | 84.0% | 0.6 min | 0.8% |
| AA American Airlines | 671 | 19% | 81.7% | 15.2 min | 0.6% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 568 | 16% | 82.7% | 9.0 min | 1.2% |
| UA United Airlines | 541 | 15% | 87.6% | -0.8 min | 0.7% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 125 | 4% | 78.4% | 6.8 min | 0.0% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 62 | 2% | 58.1% | 39.9 min | 3.2% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 54 | 2% | 63.0% | 17.7 min | 7.4% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 46 | 1% | 84.8% | -3.9 min | 0.0% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 43 | 1% | 67.4% | 11.3 min | 0.0% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 17 | 0% | 70.6% | 8.6 min | 0.0% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 4 | 0% | 25.0% | 10.3 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SAT–DFW | San Antonio to Dallas/Fort Worth | 323 | 80.8% | 13.6 min | 0.3% |
| SAT–DEN | San Antonio to Denver | 282 | 82.6% | 0.8 min | 0.4% |
| SAT–DAL | San Antonio to Dallas | 257 | 90.3% | -4.2 min | 0.0% |
| SAT–ATL | San Antonio to Atlanta | 255 | 79.2% | 7.4 min | 1.6% |
| SAT–IAH | San Antonio to Houston | 215 | 86.5% | 0.4 min | 1.4% |
| SAT–PHX | San Antonio to Phoenix | 210 | 83.3% | 5.7 min | 0.0% |
| SAT–LAX | San Antonio to Los Angeles | 189 | 82.0% | 5.4 min | 0.5% |
| SAT–LAS | San Antonio to Las Vegas | 174 | 75.3% | 5.6 min | 3.4% |
| SAT–HOU | San Antonio to Houston | 132 | 84.1% | 2.3 min | 0.0% |
| SAT–CLT | San Antonio to Charlotte | 123 | 82.9% | 24.3 min | 0.8% |
| SAT–ORD | San Antonio to Chicago | 119 | 81.5% | 14.6 min | 0.0% |
| SAT–BWI | San Antonio to Baltimore | 105 | 80.0% | 1.5 min | 2.9% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left SAT on time in August 2023?
81.9% of 3,509 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 82.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 76.9%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
August 2022 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 August 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for SAT · methodology · corrections.