On-Time Report

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Airport month · November 2025

San Antonio International in November 2025

83.3%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 November 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 3,440 domestic departures from San Antonio International (SAT). 83.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 83.0% reached their destination on time; 1.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.1% of flights departed on time and 77.3% arrived on time, so SAT departures were 5.2 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in November 2024, the airport had 3,376 departures with 86.8% leaving on time: a change of −3.5 points, with flights up 2%.

Flights arriving at SAT that month were on time 79.1% of the time (3,441 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 40%, national aviation system 32% and air carrier 25%.

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

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

MeasureNov 2025Nov 2024SAT, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Nov 2025
Departed on time83.3%86.8%80.3%78.1%
Arrived on time83.0%87.6%80.6%77.3%
Cancelled1.2%0.7%1.2%2.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)11.4 min9.8 min14.7 min15.6 min
Scheduled departures a day11511311019,018
Scheduled departures3,4403,37640,226570,550

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
WN Southwest Airlines1,32739%83.0%0.7 min0.8%
AA American Airlines65319%76.9%8.6 min2.0%
DL Delta Air Lines56316%87.7%-3.0 min1.6%
UA United Airlines46914%84.9%1.1 min0.6%
OO SkyWest Airlines1625%84.0%-0.7 min1.9%
NK Spirit Airlines1234%84.6%-4.8 min0.8%
F9 Frontier Airlines933%84.9%-4.4 min0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines501%78.0%-0.7 min4.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
SAT–DFWSan Antonio to Dallas/Fort Worth34569.9%17.3 min3.2%
SAT–ATLSan Antonio to Atlanta25089.6%-4.5 min1.6%
SAT–DENSan Antonio to Denver24287.6%-4.5 min0.4%
SAT–PHXSan Antonio to Phoenix23582.6%0.8 min0.0%
SAT–DALSan Antonio to Dallas22979.5%4.8 min1.7%
SAT–IAHSan Antonio to Houston20783.1%1.2 min1.0%
SAT–LASSan Antonio to Las Vegas19688.8%-7.8 min1.0%
SAT–LAXSan Antonio to Los Angeles17589.7%-5.1 min0.6%
SAT–ORDSan Antonio to Chicago16073.8%8.4 min3.8%
SAT–HOUSan Antonio to Houston11976.5%4.2 min0.0%
SAT–MCOSan Antonio to Orlando10482.7%1.4 min0.0%
SAT–CLTSan Antonio to Charlotte10090.0%-2.7 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), November 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Nov 2025Minutes
Air carrier25.4%30.2%9,161
Late-arriving aircraft40.3%38.3%14,560
National Aviation System32.0%26.7%11,543
Extreme weather2.3%4.6%813
Security0.1%0.1%29
36,106 delay minutes on 539 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 2025?

83.3% of 3,440 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 83.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.1% and 77.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In November 2024, 86.8% of 3,376 departures left on time and 0.7% were cancelled, against 83.3% and 1.2% in November 2025.

Provenance

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