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Route Reliability

San Diego → Austin

SANAUS · 1,164 miles · San Diego International Airport to Austin–Bergstrom International Airport

79
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
75%
Arrive within 15 minutes
8 min
Average arrival delay
0.8%
Cancelled
2,529
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

Ranked by on-time arrivals. Historical results, not predictions.

  1. 1.Alaska Airlines80%967 flights
  2. 2.Southwest Airlines73%1,428 flights
  3. 3.Frontier Airlines71%134 flights

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

SAN–AUS flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 90% of the time, versus 64% between 12–3 PM.

Friday is doing you no favors.

SAN–AUS flights arrived on time 83% of the time on Wednesdays. On Fridays: 69%.

Alaska Airlines runs this route best.

Alaska Airlines arrived on time 80% of the time on this route; Frontier Airlines managed 71%.

Recent months have been rougher.

SAN–AUS flights arrived on time 70% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 78% in the three months before that.

Best historical flights

Ranked by on-time arrivals, minimum 100 flights. Past performance, not a promise.

Top flights by on-time rate

More flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon72%(411 flights)
  • Tue83%(333 flights)
  • Wed83%(332 flights)
  • Thu73%(384 flights)
  • Fri69%(412 flights)
  • Sat80%(259 flights)
  • Sun72%(371 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM90%(606 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM76%(588 flights)
  • 12–3 PM64%(357 flights)
  • 3–6 PM73%(617 flights)
  • 6–9 PM65%(334 flights)
On-time trend by month
65%
May

Jun 80% → May 65% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202580%196
July 202570%204
August 202580%182
September 202588%173
October 202576%200
November 202571%197
December 202565%195
January 202687%213
February 202683%215
March 202665%253
April 202680%243
May 202665%231

Based on 2,529 historical flights, because apparently we checked. Historical flight data: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, June 2025 – May 2026. Data through May 2026. How we calculate this.