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SAN → DEN

San Diego International Airport Denver International Airport

  • 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

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  • Advisory Coastal Flood Advisory CLD, SAN, SNA

    COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM FRIDAY TO NOON PST TUESDAY

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How punctual is this route?

On-time arrivals
78.4%
Less than 15 minutes late
Cancelled
1.0%
Of scheduled flights
Average delay when late
68 min
Flights arriving 15+ minutes late
Flights tracked
6,134
Scheduled flights in the period

What caused the delays

  • Late-arriving aircraft 49%
  • Air traffic control & airport 29%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning) 19%
  • Extreme weather 3%
  • Security 0%

Share of delay minutes airlines attributed to each cause (BTS).

On-time arrivals by month
Sep 2025 Aug 2026
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MonthOn timeFlights
September 2025 78.1% 411
October 2025 80.7% 531
November 2025 83.3% 529
December 2025 73.0% 537
January 2026 86.6% 500
February 2026 84.1% 460
March 2026 81.9% 538
April 2026 86.3% 507
May 2026 82.3% 515
June 2026 71.5% 525
July 2026 71.0% 544
August 2026 63.9% 537

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

AirlineFlightsOn timeCancelledAvg. delay when late
Southwest Airlines 2,404 71.0% 0.7% 62 min
United Airlines 2,067 85.7% 0.6% 76 min
Frontier Airlines 702 81.4% 2.0% 91 min
Alaska Airlines 557 84.1% 0.9% 63 min
SkyWest Airlines 404 72.1% 3.5% 56 min

Delay odds by flight

How often each flight number arrived 15 or more minutes late over the last year.

  • UA2476

    11% late · 365 flights

  • UA682

    26% late · 363 flights

  • F92818

    14% late · 362 flights

  • UA1337

    11% late · 275 flights

  • UA519

    14% late · 259 flights

  • F94990

    23% late · 203 flights

  • UA1565

    16% late · 169 flights

  • AS1429

    28% late · 158 flights

  • AS1492

    10% late · 152 flights

  • F94928

    23% late · 135 flights

  • OO3046

    17% late · 107 flights

  • UA2270

    8% late · 107 flights

  • OO3021

    17% late · 79 flights

  • UA1483

    19% late · 71 flights

  • AS1618

    3% late · 70 flights

  • AS1619

    13% late · 70 flights

  • OO3012

    66% late · 70 flights

  • UA2368

    6% late · 67 flights

  • WN1655

    44% late · 64 flights

  • WN4216

    16% late · 64 flights

  • WN3496

    75% late · 61 flights

  • WN534

    28% late · 60 flights

  • WN2675

    5% late · 58 flights

  • WN2859

    50% late · 58 flights

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