Airport month record
SATFEB
San Antonio International in February 2026
- Departures
- 2,671
- Month
- February 2026
- National, same month
- 80.2%
- Carriers
- 8
Historical statistics for February 2026, not live status or a forecast for this year’s February. For today’s conditions at SAT, see live FAA status.
SAT in February earns an A. More than four flights in five arrive inside the 15-minute window the DOT uses to define an on-time arrival, which puts it 6 points better than the national rate of 80.2%. When something does go wrong the average delay runs about an hour. That rests on 2,671 flights, of which United Airlines flew 393 at 90.5% on time.
United Airlines is the most reliable of the four carriers covered here at 90.5% on time across 393 flights.
Key figures
On time
86.3%
Arrivals under 15 minutes late, of 2,631 completed departures
Avg delay
67 min
Across delayed arrivals only, not all flights
Cancelled
1.27%
Nationally in February: 2.25%
Whole year
81.8%
SAT across all twelve months
These figures cover 2,671 departures from San Antonio International in February 2026. 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
February next to SAT's other months
Against SAT's own year, February ran 5 points better than the twelve-month rate of 81.8%, which makes it the best of the twelve months in the data. Either side of it, January ran 84.8% on time and March 79.9%, so a trip moved by a few weeks would have landed in a worse stretch.
| Month | Flights | On time | Avg delay | Cancelled | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2025 | 3,699 | 76.4% | 77 min | 1.49% | B |
| August 2025 | 3,444 | 81.5% | 79 min | 1.19% | B |
| September 2025 | 3,334 | 85.6% | 71 min | 0.63% | A+ |
| October 2025 | 3,656 | 83.7% | 68 min | 0.38% | B+ |
| November 2025 | 3,440 | 84.1% | 67 min | 1.19% | B |
| December 2025 | 3,588 | 83.7% | 66 min | 0.72% | B+ |
| January 2026 | 2,921 | 84.8% | 96 min | 3.70% | B− |
| February 2026 (this page) | 2,671 | 86.3% | 67 min | 1.27% | A |
| March 2026 | 3,439 | 79.9% | 74 min | 1.37% | B |
| April 2026 | 3,384 | 82.6% | 66 min | 0.74% | B+ |
| May 2026 | 3,485 | 80.7% | 79 min | 1.38% | B |
| June 2026 | 3,393 | 73.5% | 81 min | 1.65% | C |
Departure window
The best time of day to leave SAT in February
Departure time matters more here than the choice of carrier. The gap between the best and worst window is 21 points, against 6 points between the best and worst carrier. Each bar is the on-time rate for flights scheduled inside that window.
- 5am–8am765 flights94.2%
- 8am–11am396 flights93.8%
- 11am–2pm500 flights83.2%
- 2pm–5pm530 flights79.5%
- 5pm–8pm417 flights79.4%
- 8pm–5am63 flights73.0%
Scale runs 65% to 100%. Rows with fewer than 30 flights show a dash.
Book the early departure. Flights leaving between 5am–8am arrive on time 94.2% of the time, against 73.0% for the overnight window. That is 21 points of difference for no extra money, and it comes from the same aircraft having had no earlier flight to fall behind on. The 5am–8am window is the busiest, with 765 flights scheduled in it.
Across the week, Saturday is the strongest day at 90.8% on time and Wednesday the weakest at 85.0%. 6 points is a smaller lever than departure hour, but it is free.
Carrier by carrier
Which airlines ran best at SAT in February
The choice of carrier is not cosmetic here. United Airlines arrives on time 90.5% of the time; Southwest Airlines manages 84.5%. Sample sizes sit next to every figure, because a two-point gap across 915 flights means less than a ten-point one.
| Airline | Flights | On time | Avg delay | Cancelled | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines | 915 | 84.5% | 40 min | 0.77% | B+ |
| American Airlines | 535 | 88.6% | 118 min | 1.12% | A |
| Delta Air Lines | 480 | 85.0% | 73 min | 1.25% | A |
| United Airlines | 393 | 90.5% | 76 min | 0.76% | A+ |
| SkyWest Airlinesthin sample | 114 | 87.5% | 59 min | 0.88% | A+ |
| Frontier Airlinesthin sample | 79 | 77.2% | 88 min | 0.00% | B+ |
| Envoy Airthin sample | 74 | 83.8% | 59 min | 0.00% | B+ |
| Spirit Airlinesthin sample | 52 | 90.2% | 71 min | 21.15% | A− |
United leads Southwest by 6 points. Real, but small enough that a better departure time on the weaker carrier can outweigh it.
Route by route
Busiest routes out of SAT in February
| Route | Flights | On time | Avg delay | Cancelled | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SAT to DFW · Dallas-Fort Worththin sample | 319 | 88.3% | 88 min | 1.25% | A |
| SAT to ATL · Atlantathin sample | 221 | 88.4% | 71 min | 1.36% | A |
| SAT to DEN · Denverthin sample | 193 | 86.9% | 74 min | 1.04% | A |
| SAT to DAL · Dallasthin sample | 188 | 87.6% | 39 min | 1.06% | A |
| SAT to PHX · Phoenixthin sample | 171 | 87.6% | 98 min | 0.00% | A+ |
| SAT to IAH · Houstonthin sample | 168 | 90.5% | 65 min | 0.00% | A+ |
| SAT to ORD · Chicagothin sample | 145 | 84.8% | 53 min | 0.00% | B+ |
| SAT to LAS · Las Vegasthin sample | 131 | 82.4% | 44 min | 0.00% | B+ |
| SAT to LAX · Los Angelesthin sample | 121 | 85.1% | 89 min | 0.00% | A+ |
| SAT to CLT · Charlottethin sample | 103 | 88.0% | 202 min | 2.91% | A |
| SAT to MCO · Orlandothin sample | 88 | 84.0% | 74 min | 6.82% | B− |
| SAT to HOU · Houstonthin sample | 84 | 84.3% | 34 min | 1.19% | B |
| SAT to SLC · Salt Lake Citythin sample | 78 | 85.9% | 96 min | 0.00% | A+ |
| SAT to BNA · Nashvillethin sample | 63 | 73.0% | 32 min | 0.00% | C+ |
| SAT to DTW · Detroitthin sample | 56 | 83.9% | 76 min | 0.00% | B+ |
| SAT to MSP · Minneapolisthin sample | 50 | 86.0% | 51 min | 0.00% | A+ |
| SAT to IAD · Washingtonthin sample | 46 | 95.6% | 18 min | 0.00% | A+ |
| SAT to EWR · Newarkthin sample | 40 | 92.1% | 64 min | 5.00% | A− |
| SAT to MIA · Miamithin sample | 38 | 94.7% | 56 min | 0.00% | A+ |
| SAT to BWI · Baltimorethin sample | 35 | 81.2% | 55 min | 8.57% | B− |
| SAT to MSY · New Orleansthin sample | 35 | 94.3% | 17 min | 0.00% | A+ |
Delay causes
What held SAT up in February
Carriers report a reason for every delay minute they cause, in five DOT categories. The split below is by minutes, not by number of flights, so a handful of very long weather delays weighs as much as many short ones. It covers 24,000 reported delay minutes.
- 42%Carrier
- 41%Late-arriving aircraft
- 16%National Airspace System
- 2%Extreme weather
41% 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 24,000 reported delay minutes here, that single category outweighs weather by 26 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 24,219 reported delay minutes.
Cancellations sit at 1.27% against a national 2.25%, which is ordinary. Diversions add another 0.22%.
Badly late arrivals are rare here: only 3.8% land an hour or more behind schedule, against 6.5% nationally. Connections built on this flight are about as safe as US domestic connections get, though a cancelled flight still ignores every layover you give it.
What to do with this
Flying from SAT in February
For a February trip through SAT: this is one of the better months to be flying from here, 86.3% on time with 1.27% cancelled. That is a base rate for the month as a whole; a single storm can still spoil a particular day.
Related
Where to go next
- San Antonio International (SAT), the whole year
- SAT in July76.4%
- SAT in August81.5%
- SAT in September85.6%
- SAT in October83.7%
- SAT in November84.1%
- SAT in December83.7%
- SAT in January84.8%
- SAT in March79.9%
- SAT in April82.6%
- SAT in May80.7%
- SAT in June73.5%
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.