San Antonio International in November 2023

87.5%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 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 3,480 domestic departures from San Antonio International (SAT). 87.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 88.4% reached their destination on time; 0.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 86.0% of flights departed on time and 86.2% arrived on time, so SAT departures were 1.5 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at SAT that month were on time 84.3% of the time (3,482 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 57%, air carrier 30% and national aviation system 13%.

On time 88.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 11.5%
Cancelled 0.1%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from SAT in November 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

November 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Nov 2023	Year earlier	SAT, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2023
Departed on time	87.5%	—	80.3%	86.0%
Arrived on time	88.4%	—	80.6%	86.2%
Cancelled	0.1%	—	1.2%	0.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	8.1 min	—	14.7 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	116	—	110	18,793
Scheduled departures	3,480	—	40,226	563,777

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	1,427	41%	87.7%	-2.6 min	0.1%
AA American Airlines	670	19%	86.9%	1.2 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	504	14%	93.3%	-8.2 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	437	13%	92.9%	-6.5 min	0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	148	4%	81.1%	1.6 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	98	3%	85.7%	0.8 min	0.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways	59	2%	72.9%	37.3 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	59	2%	91.5%	-4.0 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	43	1%	81.4%	-5.2 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	35	1%	91.4%	-12.4 min	2.9%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SAT–DFW	San Antonio to Dallas/Fort Worth	368	85.1%	1.4 min	0.3%
SAT–ATL	San Antonio to Atlanta	286	92.3%	-6.3 min	0.0%
SAT–DEN	San Antonio to Denver	268	88.8%	-3.1 min	0.0%
SAT–DAL	San Antonio to Dallas	243	89.7%	-3.3 min	0.0%
SAT–PHX	San Antonio to Phoenix	227	91.6%	-3.9 min	0.0%
SAT–LAS	San Antonio to Las Vegas	185	87.0%	-4.4 min	0.0%
SAT–LAX	San Antonio to Los Angeles	171	91.8%	-6.1 min	0.0%
SAT–IAH	San Antonio to Houston	148	89.2%	-1.8 min	0.0%
SAT–HOU	San Antonio to Houston	146	89.7%	-3.3 min	0.0%
SAT–MCO	San Antonio to Orlando	122	78.7%	2.7 min	0.0%
SAT–CLT	San Antonio to Charlotte	115	80.9%	9.0 min	0.0%
SAT–ORD	San Antonio to Chicago	115	93.0%	-6.5 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

100

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), November 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	29.8%	42.5%	6,728
Late-arriving aircraft	57.4%	37.3%	12,948
National Aviation System	12.7%	16.2%	2,865
Extreme weather	0.1%	3.7%	19
Security	0.0%	0.3%	0

22,560 delay minutes on 400 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 SAT on time in November 2023?

87.5% of 3,480 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 88.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 86.0% and 86.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

November 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 November 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.