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LAX → SAN
Los Angeles International Airport San Diego International Airport
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Watch Ground Delay Program SAN
Ground Delay Program at San Diego International Airport (SAN): Average 37 minutes, up to 1 hour and 11 minutes
Reason: airport volume
Airport status
How punctual is this route?
- On-time arrivals
- 83.2%
- Less than 15 minutes late
- Cancelled
- 0.9%
- Of scheduled flights
- Average delay when late
- 67 min
- Flights arriving 15+ minutes late
- Flights tracked
- 2,452
- Scheduled flights in the period
What caused the delays
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning) 40%
- Air traffic control & airport 32%
- Extreme weather 16%
- Late-arriving aircraft 12%
- Security 0%
Share of delay minutes airlines attributed to each cause (BTS).
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| Month | On time | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| September 2025 | 89.9% | 209 |
| October 2025 | 85.6% | 208 |
| November 2025 | 86.9% | 193 |
| December 2025 | 77.4% | 187 |
| January 2026 | 83.0% | 197 |
| February 2026 | 88.1% | 185 |
| March 2026 | 79.7% | 202 |
| April 2026 | 93.2% | 207 |
| May 2026 | 87.1% | 224 |
| June 2026 | 88.0% | 209 |
| July 2026 | 74.4% | 215 |
| August 2026 | 65.7% | 216 |
Source: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics on-time data, September 2025 – August 2026. Covers flights operated by reporting U.S. carriers. About our data
Airlines on this route
| Airline | Flights | On time | Cancelled | Avg. delay when late |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SkyWest Airlines | 2,162 | 83.9% | 1.1% | 69 min |
| United Airlines | 290 | 77.6% | 0.0% | 55 min |
Delay odds by flight
How often each flight number arrived 15 or more minutes late over the last year.
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OO3746
13% late · 362 flights
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OO4643
12% late · 344 flights
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OO4087
21% late · 319 flights
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OO4001
21% late · 289 flights
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OO5415
15% late · 264 flights
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OO4018
15% late · 248 flights
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OO3716
26% late · 117 flights
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OO5612
12% late · 103 flights
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UA594
23% late · 81 flights
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UA1730
16% late · 56 flights
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UA1717
3% late · 37 flights
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OO4642
3% late · 36 flights
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OO3601
16% late · 31 flights
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OO5216
17% late · 24 flights
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UA1068
43% late · 21 flights
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UA1100
52% late · 21 flights
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UA582
52% late · 21 flights
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