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Airport month · May 2024
San Antonio International in May 2024
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 May 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 3,536 domestic departures from San Antonio International (SAT). 74.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 73.3% reached their destination on time; 2.2% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 73.4% of flights departed on time and 72.3% arrived on time, so SAT departures were 0.6 points above the national departure figure.
Flights arriving at SAT that month were on time 66.5% of the time (3,539 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 47%, air carrier 25% and national aviation system 21%.
- On time 73.3%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 24.2%
- Cancelled 2.2%
- Diverted 0.3%
May 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | May 2024 | Year earlier | SAT, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, May 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 74.0% | — | 80.3% | 73.4% |
| Arrived on time | 73.3% | — | 80.6% | 72.3% |
| Cancelled | 2.2% | — | 1.2% | 1.4% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 20.9 min | — | 14.7 min | 20.8 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 118 | — | 110 | 20,325 |
| Scheduled departures | 3,536 | — | 40,226 | 609,743 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 1,429 | 40% | 73.3% | 10.8 min | 1.4% |
| AA American Airlines | 655 | 19% | 63.2% | 32.3 min | 5.6% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 545 | 15% | 80.7% | 8.8 min | 0.2% |
| UA United Airlines | 429 | 12% | 76.0% | 10.5 min | 2.3% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 181 | 5% | 84.0% | 2.1 min | 2.2% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 120 | 3% | 73.3% | 16.0 min | 1.7% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 62 | 2% | 72.6% | 7.6 min | 0.0% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 62 | 2% | 67.7% | 15.9 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 51 | 1% | 74.5% | 2.0 min | 5.9% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 1 | 0% | 100.0% | -9.0 min | 0.0% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 1 | 0% | 0.0% | 18.0 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SAT–DFW | San Antonio to Dallas/Fort Worth | 345 | 56.8% | 40.6 min | 8.7% |
| SAT–ATL | San Antonio to Atlanta | 283 | 73.5% | 17.3 min | 0.4% |
| SAT–DEN | San Antonio to Denver | 258 | 73.6% | 8.1 min | 1.6% |
| SAT–DAL | San Antonio to Dallas | 255 | 65.5% | 12.6 min | 5.1% |
| SAT–PHX | San Antonio to Phoenix | 237 | 75.5% | 20.6 min | 0.4% |
| SAT–LAS | San Antonio to Las Vegas | 203 | 79.8% | 11.6 min | 0.5% |
| SAT–LAX | San Antonio to Los Angeles | 185 | 77.3% | 12.5 min | 0.5% |
| SAT–HOU | San Antonio to Houston | 151 | 70.2% | 15.7 min | 3.3% |
| SAT–IAH | San Antonio to Houston | 145 | 73.1% | 20.1 min | 5.5% |
| SAT–CLT | San Antonio to Charlotte | 124 | 64.5% | 15.7 min | 2.4% |
| SAT–ORD | San Antonio to Chicago | 122 | 70.5% | 18.9 min | 2.5% |
| SAT–MCO | San Antonio to Orlando | 100 | 81.0% | -3.3 min | 3.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left SAT on time in May 2024?
74.0% of 3,536 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 73.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 73.4% and 72.3%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
May 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 May 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.