San Antonio International in October 2024

87.3%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 October 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 3,721 domestic departures from San Antonio International (SAT). 87.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 87.6% reached their destination on time; 0.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.5% of flights departed on time and 85.8% arrived on time, so SAT departures were 1.8 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in October 2023, the airport had 3,669 departures with 83.8% leaving on time: a change of +3.5 points, with flights up 1%.

Flights arriving at SAT that month were on time 86.4% of the time (3,720 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 43%, late-arriving aircraft 43% and national aviation system 13%.

On time 87.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 11.8%
Cancelled 0.4%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2024	Oct 2023	SAT, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2024
Departed on time	87.3%	83.8%	80.3%	85.5%
Arrived on time	87.6%	85.5%	80.6%	85.8%
Cancelled	0.4%	0.5%	1.2%	1.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	9.3 min	10.8 min	14.7 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	124	122	110	20,517
Scheduled departures	3,721	3,669	40,226	615,497

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	1,420	38%	87.3%	-1.8 min	0.8%
AA American Airlines	717	19%	84.9%	6.0 min	0.3%
DL Delta Air Lines	541	15%	93.7%	-4.1 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	532	14%	88.2%	-3.1 min	0.2%
NK Spirit Airlines	193	5%	86.0%	-2.0 min	0.5%
OO SkyWest Airlines	130	3%	88.5%	-2.5 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	78	2%	84.6%	-3.9 min	0.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways	52	1%	71.2%	8.0 min	1.9%
AS Alaska Airlines	48	1%	89.6%	-7.3 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	10	0%	100.0%	-13.6 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SAT–DFW	San Antonio to Dallas/Fort Worth	426	84.0%	3.5 min	0.0%
SAT–DEN	San Antonio to Denver	276	85.1%	-2.1 min	0.4%
SAT–ATL	San Antonio to Atlanta	262	93.1%	-2.3 min	0.0%
SAT–DAL	San Antonio to Dallas	237	88.2%	-3.7 min	0.4%
SAT–IAH	San Antonio to Houston	233	81.5%	3.5 min	0.0%
SAT–PHX	San Antonio to Phoenix	216	89.8%	-2.8 min	0.0%
SAT–LAS	San Antonio to Las Vegas	210	90.0%	-5.4 min	0.5%
SAT–LAX	San Antonio to Los Angeles	180	93.9%	-4.2 min	0.0%
SAT–ORD	San Antonio to Chicago	137	92.0%	-9.2 min	0.0%
SAT–HOU	San Antonio to Houston	130	86.9%	-1.8 min	0.0%
SAT–CLT	San Antonio to Charlotte	119	87.4%	10.6 min	0.0%
SAT–MCO	San Antonio to Orlando	96	80.2%	-1.2 min	5.2%

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), October 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	43.2%	42.7%	12,392
Late-arriving aircraft	43.2%	37.4%	12,371
National Aviation System	13.3%	16.3%	3,798
Extreme weather	0.3%	3.4%	95
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

28,656 delay minutes on 440 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 October 2024?

87.3% of 3,721 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 87.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.5% and 85.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2023, 83.8% of 3,669 departures left on time and 0.5% were cancelled, against 87.3% and 0.4% in October 2024.

Provenance

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