On-Time Report

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Airport month · November 2024

San Antonio International in November 2024

86.8%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 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 3,376 domestic departures from San Antonio International (SAT). 86.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 87.6% reached their destination on time; 0.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.2% of flights departed on time and 84.8% arrived on time, so SAT departures were 1.6 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in November 2023, the airport had 3,480 departures with 87.5% leaving on time: a change of −0.7 points, with flights down 3%.

Flights arriving at SAT that month were on time 85.2% of the time (3,378 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 39%, late-arriving aircraft 35% and national aviation system 21%.

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

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

MeasureNov 2024Nov 2023SAT, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Nov 2024
Departed on time86.8%87.5%80.3%85.2%
Arrived on time87.6%88.4%80.6%84.8%
Cancelled0.7%0.1%1.2%0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)9.8 min8.1 min14.7 min10.2 min
Scheduled departures a day11311611019,180
Scheduled departures3,3763,48040,226575,404

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
WN Southwest Airlines1,33039%88.3%-1.9 min0.3%
AA American Airlines65619%84.9%1.1 min1.7%
DL Delta Air Lines50715%90.5%1.2 min0.0%
UA United Airlines49515%86.9%0.6 min0.4%
NK Spirit Airlines1484%89.2%-0.8 min1.4%
OO SkyWest Airlines1083%88.0%-1.5 min0.9%
F9 Frontier Airlines732%84.9%10.5 min2.7%
AS Alaska Airlines501%80.0%-1.9 min2.0%
MQ Envoy Air90%88.9%-7.3 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
SAT–DFWSan Antonio to Dallas/Fort Worth36479.9%3.5 min3.3%
SAT–DENSan Antonio to Denver26289.3%-3.4 min0.8%
SAT–ATLSan Antonio to Atlanta23691.9%-0.5 min0.0%
SAT–PHXSan Antonio to Phoenix23191.8%-5.1 min0.9%
SAT–IAHSan Antonio to Houston22288.7%0.1 min0.5%
SAT–DALSan Antonio to Dallas21983.1%-0.1 min0.9%
SAT–LASSan Antonio to Las Vegas21389.7%2.4 min0.0%
SAT–LAXSan Antonio to Los Angeles17391.3%-1.4 min0.6%
SAT–HOUSan Antonio to Houston12183.5%2.7 min0.0%
SAT–ORDSan Antonio to Chicago11391.2%-10.2 min0.0%
SAT–CLTSan Antonio to Charlotte10888.9%4.4 min0.0%
SAT–MCOSan Antonio to Orlando10691.5%-3.8 min0.9%

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), November 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Nov 2024Minutes
Air carrier39.1%36.9%11,138
Late-arriving aircraft34.5%35.6%9,828
National Aviation System20.8%21.9%5,915
Extreme weather5.5%5.4%1,579
Security0.0%0.2%0
28,460 delay minutes on 396 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.
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Questions and answers

How many flights left SAT on time in November 2024?

86.8% of 3,376 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 87.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.2% and 84.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In November 2023, 87.5% of 3,480 departures left on time and 0.1% were cancelled, against 86.8% and 0.7% in November 2024.

Provenance

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