Airport month record
SANNOV
San Diego International in November 2025
- Departures
- 8,246
- Month
- November 2025
- National, same month
- 79.4%
- Carriers
- 9
Historical statistics for November 2025, not live status or a forecast for this year’s November. For today’s conditions at SAN, see live FAA status.
SAN in November lands a B, 2 points worse than the national rate of 79.4%. Roughly one flight in four arrives 15 minutes late or worse, and those flights are late by about an hour on average. That is a workable record, not a spotless one. That rests on 8,246 flights, of which Delta Air Lines flew 794 at 86.1% on time.
Delta Air Lines is the most reliable of the six carriers covered here at 86.1% on time across 794 flights.
Key figures
On time
77.1%
Arrivals under 15 minutes late, of 7,989 completed departures
Avg delay
65 min
Across delayed arrivals only, not all flights
Cancelled
2.81%
Nationally in November: 2.49%
Whole year
78.0%
SAN across all twelve months
These figures cover 8,246 departures from San Diego International in November 2025. On time means an arrival less than 15 minutes after the scheduled gate time, the DOT's threshold, and the national comparison uses every US departure in the same month rather than the whole year.
Against the year
November next to SAN's other months
Against SAN's own year, November ran level with the twelve-month rate of 78.0%, which makes it number seven of twelve months, best first. Cancellations are where November stands out: 2.81% of scheduled departures were called off, 2.2 times the airport's rate across the year. Either side of it, October ran 79.0% on time and December 75.4%, so this month sits in line with its neighbours.
| Month | Flights | On time | Avg delay | Cancelled | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2025 | 8,776 | 73.9% | 62 min | 1.32% | C |
| August 2025 | 8,406 | 76.7% | 58 min | 0.75% | B+ |
| September 2025 | 7,875 | 81.9% | 74 min | 1.37% | B |
| October 2025 | 8,687 | 79.0% | 63 min | 0.92% | B+ |
| November 2025 (this page) | 8,246 | 77.1% | 65 min | 2.81% | B |
| December 2025 | 8,228 | 75.4% | 63 min | 1.42% | B |
| January 2026 | 7,406 | 83.1% | 79 min | 2.71% | B |
| February 2026 | 7,008 | 84.0% | 64 min | 0.97% | B+ |
| March 2026 | 8,547 | 78.2% | 64 min | 1.03% | B |
| April 2026 | 8,505 | 80.8% | 54 min | 0.33% | B+ |
| May 2026 | 8,947 | 76.9% | 54 min | 0.66% | B+ |
| June 2026 | 8,996 | 71.1% | 55 min | 1.00% | C |
Departure window
The best time of day to leave SAN in November
Departure time matters more here than the choice of carrier. The gap between the best and worst window is 24 points, against 12 points between the best and worst carrier. Each bar is the on-time rate for flights scheduled inside that window.
- 5am–8am1,118 flights91.9%
- 8am–11am1,801 flights78.5%
- 11am–2pm1,741 flights73.6%
- 2pm–5pm1,261 flights67.6%
- 5pm–8pm1,179 flights73.8%
- 8pm–5am1,146 flights79.7%
Scale runs 60% to 95%. Rows with fewer than 30 flights show a dash.
Book the early departure. Flights leaving between 5am–8am arrive on time 91.9% of the time, against 67.6% for the afternoon window. That is 24 points of difference for no extra money, and it comes from the same aircraft having had no earlier flight to fall behind on. The 8am–11am window is the busiest, with 1,801 flights scheduled in it.
Across the week, Wednesday is the strongest day at 87.9% on time and Sunday the weakest at 60.7%. 27 points is a smaller lever than departure hour, but it is free.
Carrier by carrier
Which airlines ran best at SAN in November
The choice of carrier is not cosmetic here. Delta Air Lines arrives on time 86.1% of the time; Southwest Airlines manages 74.1%. Sample sizes sit next to every figure, because a two-point gap across 3,153 flights means less than a ten-point one.
| Airline | Flights | On time | Avg delay | Cancelled | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines | 3,153 | 74.1% | 57 min | 3.04% | C− |
| SkyWest Airlines | 1,403 | 78.1% | 63 min | 5.49% | B− |
| Alaska Airlines | 964 | 75.1% | 59 min | 1.45% | B |
| United Airlines | 828 | 80.1% | 74 min | 1.09% | B |
| Delta Air Lines | 794 | 86.1% | 62 min | 0.88% | A+ |
| American Airlines | 703 | 78.0% | 109 min | 3.27% | B− |
| Frontier Airlinesthin sample | 186 | 76.5% | 61 min | 1.08% | B |
| JetBlue Airwaysthin sample | 142 | 79.9% | 75 min | 1.41% | B |
| Hawaiian Airlinesthin sample | 73 | 67.6% | 70 min | 2.74% | C |
SkyWest Airlines cancels 5.5% of what it schedules here, the highest in the table. A cancelled flight never appears in an on-time rate, so read that column alongside the punctuality one rather than after it.
Route by route
Busiest routes out of SAN in November
| Route | Flights | On time | Avg delay | Cancelled | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SAN to SFO · San Francisco | 565 | 68.2% | 68 min | 2.48% | C |
| SAN to DEN · Denver | 529 | 83.3% | 55 min | 2.65% | B |
| SAN to PHX · Phoenix | 503 | 65.7% | 70 min | 6.56% | C− |
| SAN to LAS · Las Vegas | 495 | 72.9% | 68 min | 4.44% | C− |
| SAN to SJC · San Jose | 453 | 78.4% | 53 min | 1.99% | B |
| SAN to SMF · Sacramento | 441 | 76.3% | 50 min | 3.40% | B− |
| SAN to SEA · Seattlethin sample | 320 | 79.0% | 59 min | 1.56% | B |
| SAN to ORD · Chicagothin sample | 318 | 74.1% | 75 min | 3.77% | C− |
| SAN to SLC · Salt Lake Citythin sample | 268 | 84.0% | 66 min | 1.87% | B |
| SAN to DFW · Dallas-Fort Worththin sample | 261 | 73.1% | 90 min | 4.21% | C− |
| SAN to OAK · Oaklandthin sample | 260 | 76.1% | 48 min | 5.00% | B− |
| SAN to ATL · Atlantathin sample | 218 | 86.5% | 55 min | 1.38% | A |
| SAN to JFK · New Yorkthin sample | 205 | 80.5% | 75 min | 0.98% | B+ |
| SAN to AUS · Austinthin sample | 199 | 70.6% | 55 min | 1.01% | C |
| SAN to LAX · Los Angelesthin sample | 193 | 84.7% | 71 min | 8.81% | B− |
| SAN to FAT · Fresnothin sample | 175 | 79.7% | 53 min | 1.71% | B |
| SAN to PDX · Portlandthin sample | 145 | 80.7% | 45 min | 0.00% | B+ |
| SAN to IAH · Houstonthin sample | 142 | 78.2% | 57 min | 0.00% | B+ |
| SAN to BOS · Bostonthin sample | 137 | 78.5% | 75 min | 0.73% | B+ |
| SAN to HNL · Honoluluthin sample | 133 | 75.2% | 58 min | 1.50% | B |
| SAN to DAL · Dallasthin sample | 132 | 66.7% | 52 min | 6.06% | C− |
| SAN to RNO · Renothin sample | 119 | 79.1% | 56 min | 3.36% | B− |
| SAN to EWR · Newarkthin sample | 118 | 80.0% | 133 min | 1.69% | B |
| SAN to IAD · Washingtonthin sample | 115 | 85.1% | 65 min | 0.00% | A+ |
| SAN to MSP · Minneapolisthin sample | 113 | 89.3% | 39 min | 0.88% | A+ |
Delay causes
What held SAN up in November
One category carries most of the weight here. Late-arriving aircraft accounts for 44% of the 118,000 delay minutes carriers reported, and the remaining four split what is left. The split is by minutes rather than by flights, so a few very long delays count for as much as many short ones.
- 44%Late-arriving aircraft
- 27%National Airspace System
- 24%Carrier
- 5%Extreme weather
- 0%Security
44% of delay minutes trace back to a late-arriving aircraft, meaning the plane was already behind before it got here. That is a cascade, and cascades start small and grow through the day. Across 118,000 reported delay minutes here, that single category outweighs weather by 9 to one. It is the strongest argument for booking the first departure of the morning, when the aircraft has been sitting at the gate overnight with nothing to inherit. The split is drawn from 118,348 reported delay minutes.
Cancellations run at 2.81%, against 2.49% nationally. That is roughly one flight in 40 cancelled outright. A cancelled flight is invisible in every on-time figure on this page, so the punctuality numbers above describe only the flights that actually operated.
7.8% of arrivals land an hour or more late, close to the national 7.8%. That is the figure that decides a connection, and it says a 60 to 75 minute layover is reasonable here while anything under 45 minutes is a bet. Most delays on this route last about an hour, which a normal layover absorbs.
What to do with this
Flying from SAN in November
For a November trip through SAN: expect 77.1% on time and 2.81% cancelled, going by November 2025. The 5am–8am window was the strongest part of the day.
Related
Where to go next
- San Diego International (SAN), the whole year
- SAN in July73.9%
- SAN in August76.7%
- SAN in September81.9%
- SAN in October79.0%
- SAN in December75.4%
- SAN in January83.1%
- SAN in February84.0%
- SAN in March78.2%
- SAN in April80.8%
- SAN in May76.9%
- SAN in June71.1%
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, on-time performance data, July 2025 to June 2026. Last updated 15 September 2026; recomputed monthly. How this data is collected.