On-Time Report

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Airport month · April 2025

San Antonio International in April 2025

81.1%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 April 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 3,536 domestic departures from San Antonio International (SAT). 81.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.1% reached their destination on time; 1.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.6% of flights departed on time and 79.5% arrived on time, so SAT departures were 0.5 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in April 2024, the airport had 3,401 departures with 80.5% leaving on time: a change of +0.6 points, with flights up 4%.

Flights arriving at SAT that month were on time 77.4% of the time (3,540 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 42%, air carrier 35% and national aviation system 17%.

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

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

MeasureApr 2025Apr 2024SAT, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Apr 2025
Departed on time81.1%80.5%80.3%80.6%
Arrived on time81.1%81.7%80.6%79.5%
Cancelled1.2%0.5%1.2%0.8%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)14.3 min16.0 min14.7 min14.1 min
Scheduled departures a day11811311019,465
Scheduled departures3,5363,40140,226583,950

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
WN Southwest Airlines1,39439%81.7%2.7 min1.1%
AA American Airlines66119%75.5%17.5 min2.4%
DL Delta Air Lines56016%83.2%3.4 min0.5%
UA United Airlines37311%86.6%1.5 min0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines1745%86.8%-2.7 min0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines1554%81.9%-0.3 min0.6%
MQ Envoy Air1123%70.5%5.4 min6.3%
AS Alaska Airlines592%76.3%12.0 min0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines481%81.3%5.0 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
SAT–DFWSan Antonio to Dallas/Fort Worth37765.8%25.9 min5.3%
SAT–ATLSan Antonio to Atlanta26979.2%4.7 min1.1%
SAT–DALSan Antonio to Dallas25381.0%2.3 min3.6%
SAT–PHXSan Antonio to Phoenix24383.5%2.8 min0.8%
SAT–DENSan Antonio to Denver23676.7%11.6 min0.0%
SAT–LASSan Antonio to Las Vegas19683.2%0.9 min0.0%
SAT–LAXSan Antonio to Los Angeles17986.0%-1.5 min0.0%
SAT–ORDSan Antonio to Chicago16976.3%11.3 min0.6%
SAT–IAHSan Antonio to Houston14286.6%1.8 min0.0%
SAT–HOUSan Antonio to Houston12873.4%5.5 min1.6%
SAT–CLTSan Antonio to Charlotte12085.8%11.3 min0.0%
SAT–MCOSan Antonio to Orlando9488.3%-1.4 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), April 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Apr 2025Minutes
Air carrier35.1%32.7%16,276
Late-arriving aircraft41.6%39.4%19,285
National Aviation System16.9%22.2%7,859
Extreme weather6.3%5.5%2,920
Security0.1%0.2%51
46,391 delay minutes on 617 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 April 2025?

81.1% of 3,536 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.6% and 79.5%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In April 2024, 80.5% of 3,401 departures left on time and 0.5% were cancelled, against 81.1% and 1.2% in April 2025.

Provenance

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