On-Time Report

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Airport month · February 2025

San Antonio International in February 2025

85.6%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 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 2,921 domestic departures from San Antonio International (SAT). 85.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 87.0% reached their destination on time; 0.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.2% of flights departed on time and 77.9% arrived on time, so SAT departures were 6.4 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2024, the airport had 3,025 departures with 87.4% leaving on time: a change of −1.8 points, with flights down 3%.

Flights arriving at SAT that month were on time 81.0% of the time (2,922 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 46%, air carrier 38% and national aviation system 17%.

Every scheduled departure from SAT in February 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

February 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

MeasureFeb 2025Feb 2024SAT, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Feb 2025
Departed on time85.6%87.4%80.3%79.2%
Arrived on time87.0%86.2%80.6%77.9%
Cancelled0.4%0.2%1.2%1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)11.6 min8.9 min14.7 min15.3 min
Scheduled departures a day9710111016,830
Scheduled departures2,9213,02540,226504,884

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
WN Southwest Airlines1,18941%90.3%-5.1 min0.2%
AA American Airlines56519%86.5%4.9 min0.5%
DL Delta Air Lines43415%86.9%2.6 min0.0%
UA United Airlines42114%85.0%4.5 min0.5%
NK Spirit Airlines943%85.1%-6.1 min1.1%
OO SkyWest Airlines893%75.3%4.8 min1.1%
MQ Envoy Air592%72.9%9.7 min3.4%
F9 Frontier Airlines462%80.4%2.2 min2.2%
AS Alaska Airlines241%62.5%8.4 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
SAT–DFWSan Antonio to Dallas/Fort Worth34078.8%13.2 min1.8%
SAT–DALSan Antonio to Dallas21291.0%-4.6 min0.5%
SAT–PHXSan Antonio to Phoenix21191.0%-4.3 min0.0%
SAT–ATLSan Antonio to Atlanta20685.0%6.8 min0.0%
SAT–DENSan Antonio to Denver19786.8%0.7 min0.0%
SAT–IAHSan Antonio to Houston18784.5%2.1 min0.5%
SAT–LASSan Antonio to Las Vegas16986.4%-1.7 min0.6%
SAT–LAXSan Antonio to Los Angeles13188.5%-4.2 min0.0%
SAT–HOUSan Antonio to Houston11583.5%1.4 min0.0%
SAT–CLTSan Antonio to Charlotte10689.6%-2.6 min0.0%
SAT–ORDSan Antonio to Chicago10193.1%-3.4 min0.0%
SAT–SLCSan Antonio to Salt Lake City7486.5%5.8 min0.0%

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 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Feb 2025Minutes
Air carrier37.6%33.9%10,982
Late-arriving aircraft45.5%36.9%13,301
National Aviation System16.5%22.5%4,836
Extreme weather0.4%6.6%110
Security0.0%0.1%9
29,238 delay minutes on 366 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 February 2025?

85.6% of 2,921 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 87.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.2% and 77.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2024, 87.4% of 3,025 departures left on time and 0.2% were cancelled, against 85.6% and 0.4% in February 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for February 2025; 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.