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SAN → DFW

San Diego International Airport Dallas Fort Worth 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

    Weather

How punctual is this route?

On-time arrivals
77.6%
Less than 15 minutes late
Cancelled
2.3%
Of scheduled flights
Average delay when late
85 min
Flights arriving 15+ minutes late
Flights tracked
3,737
Scheduled flights in the period

What caused the delays

  • Late-arriving aircraft 51%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning) 26%
  • Air traffic control & airport 14%
  • Extreme weather 8%
  • 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 80.3% 265
October 2025 79.1% 296
November 2025 73.1% 261
December 2025 79.4% 281
January 2026 77.0% 274
February 2026 81.6% 248
March 2026 78.0% 292
April 2026 88.2% 303
May 2026 78.8% 374
June 2026 71.3% 381
July 2026 69.4% 397
August 2026 78.8% 365

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
American Airlines 3,211 77.4% 2.5% 89 min
Alaska Airlines 264 77.5% 0.8% 49 min
Frontier Airlines 262 79.6% 1.9% 78 min

Delay odds by flight

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

  • AA1055

    15% late · 365 flights

  • AA2535

    15% late · 362 flights

  • F91426

    21% late · 256 flights

  • AA2687

    15% late · 193 flights

  • AA373

    10% late · 164 flights

  • AA2783

    26% late · 155 flights

  • AA3227

    12% late · 151 flights

  • AA2747

    29% late · 133 flights

  • AA2034

    22% late · 129 flights

  • AA3039

    24% late · 125 flights

  • AA1946

    13% late · 106 flights

  • AA1467

    19% late · 103 flights

  • AS545

    12% late · 82 flights

  • AA2476

    28% late · 78 flights

  • AA2456

    26% late · 76 flights

  • AA2459

    59% late · 76 flights

  • AA2485

    61% late · 74 flights

  • AS380

    37% late · 70 flights

  • AA1460

    25% late · 67 flights

  • AA2050

    41% late · 62 flights

  • AA2458

    56% late · 60 flights

  • AA2885

    34% late · 55 flights

  • AS1458

    20% late · 49 flights

  • AA2361

    22% late · 46 flights

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