San Antonio International in February 2024

87.4%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 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 3,025 domestic departures from San Antonio International (SAT). 87.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 86.2% reached their destination on time; 0.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.0% of flights departed on time and 83.4% arrived on time, so SAT departures were 3.4 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at SAT that month were on time 84.6% of the time (3,024 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 40%, late-arriving aircraft 37% and national aviation system 22%.

On time 86.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 13.5%
Cancelled 0.2%
Diverted 0.1%

Every scheduled departure from SAT in February 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

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

Measure	Feb 2024	Year earlier	SAT, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2024
Departed on time	87.4%	—	80.3%	84.0%
Arrived on time	86.2%	—	80.6%	83.4%
Cancelled	0.2%	—	1.2%	0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	8.9 min	—	14.7 min	11.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	101	—	110	17,307
Scheduled departures	3,025	—	40,226	519,221

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	1,183	39%	87.2%	-0.8 min	0.2%
AA American Airlines	642	21%	81.9%	5.4 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	422	14%	90.0%	-2.5 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	407	13%	91.9%	-5.8 min	0.2%
NK Spirit Airlines	149	5%	85.2%	2.6 min	0.7%
OO SkyWest Airlines	60	2%	70.0%	9.2 min	1.7%
B6 JetBlue Airways	58	2%	74.1%	30.7 min	3.4%
AS Alaska Airlines	43	1%	81.4%	2.7 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	32	1%	78.1%	2.9 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	29	1%	82.8%	-1.5 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SAT–DFW	San Antonio to Dallas/Fort Worth	331	73.4%	11.4 min	0.0%
SAT–DAL	San Antonio to Dallas	228	89.0%	-3.7 min	0.0%
SAT–DEN	San Antonio to Denver	223	86.1%	-1.1 min	0.0%
SAT–PHX	San Antonio to Phoenix	222	84.2%	3.2 min	0.0%
SAT–ATL	San Antonio to Atlanta	199	87.9%	-1.2 min	0.0%
SAT–LAS	San Antonio to Las Vegas	174	78.2%	11.9 min	1.1%
SAT–LAX	San Antonio to Los Angeles	159	88.7%	-1.6 min	0.0%
SAT–HOU	San Antonio to Houston	141	92.2%	-6.0 min	0.0%
SAT–IAH	San Antonio to Houston	131	90.1%	-1.3 min	0.0%
SAT–CLT	San Antonio to Charlotte	114	88.6%	0.3 min	0.0%
SAT–ORD	San Antonio to Chicago	104	92.3%	-7.2 min	0.0%
SAT–SLC	San Antonio to Salt Lake City	78	92.3%	-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 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	39.8%	35.9%	9,890
Late-arriving aircraft	36.7%	36.9%	9,115
National Aviation System	22.2%	21.7%	5,521
Extreme weather	1.4%	5.3%	339
Security	0.0%	0.3%	0

24,865 delay minutes on 408 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 February 2024?

87.4% of 3,025 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 86.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.0% and 83.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

February 2023 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 February 2024; 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.