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Airport month · July 2025

San Antonio International in July 2025

76.3%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 July 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 3,699 domestic departures from San Antonio International (SAT). 76.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 74.8% reached their destination on time; 1.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 69.7% of flights departed on time and 69.0% arrived on time, so SAT departures were 6.6 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in July 2024, the airport had 3,757 departures with 68.6% leaving on time: a change of +7.7 points, with flights down 2%.

Flights arriving at SAT that month were on time 68.9% of the time (3,700 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 45%, air carrier 30% and national aviation system 21%.

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

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

MeasureJul 2025Jul 2024SAT, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Jul 2025
Departed on time76.3%68.6%80.3%69.7%
Arrived on time74.8%68.0%80.6%69.0%
Cancelled1.5%3.2%1.2%2.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)18.6 min26.7 min14.7 min24.3 min
Scheduled departures a day12312511021,048
Scheduled departures3,6993,75740,226631,428

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
WN Southwest Airlines1,43839%76.6%8.2 min0.7%
AA American Airlines65818%68.2%25.5 min4.0%
DL Delta Air Lines60916%78.7%7.2 min0.8%
UA United Airlines48813%77.3%13.0 min0.8%
NK Spirit Airlines1644%83.5%-5.1 min0.6%
MQ Envoy Air1163%63.8%15.8 min1.7%
OO SkyWest Airlines1133%71.7%10.8 min3.5%
AS Alaska Airlines612%60.7%16.2 min1.6%
F9 Frontier Airlines521%61.5%18.8 min3.8%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
SAT–DFWSan Antonio to Dallas/Fort Worth39663.9%28.8 min4.3%
SAT–DENSan Antonio to Denver27872.3%12.7 min0.4%
SAT–ATLSan Antonio to Atlanta27776.2%9.4 min0.4%
SAT–DALSan Antonio to Dallas21275.5%12.5 min2.4%
SAT–PHXSan Antonio to Phoenix19376.2%12.9 min1.0%
SAT–LAXSan Antonio to Los Angeles18687.1%-3.5 min0.5%
SAT–IAHSan Antonio to Houston18574.6%19.6 min1.6%
SAT–LASSan Antonio to Las Vegas18088.3%-4.2 min0.6%
SAT–ORDSan Antonio to Chicago16764.7%19.4 min3.0%
SAT–HOUSan Antonio to Houston13163.4%14.3 min0.0%
SAT–MCOSan Antonio to Orlando12877.3%8.2 min1.6%
SAT–CLTSan Antonio to Charlotte11978.2%26.8 min1.7%

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), July 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Jul 2025Minutes
Air carrier29.8%31.1%19,624
Late-arriving aircraft44.9%40.8%29,543
National Aviation System20.9%20.7%13,777
Extreme weather4.4%7.3%2,894
Security0.0%0.1%0
65,838 delay minutes on 857 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 July 2025?

76.3% of 3,699 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 74.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 69.7% and 69.0%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In July 2024, 68.6% of 3,757 departures left on time and 3.2% were cancelled, against 76.3% and 1.5% in July 2025.

Provenance

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