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Route Reliability

San Antonio → Atlanta

SATATL · 874 miles · San Antonio International Airport to Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport

85
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
86%
Arrive within 15 minutes
3 min
Average arrival delay
1.6%
Cancelled
3,078
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.Delta Air Lines87%2,610 flights
  2. 2.Southwest Airlines82%329 flights
  3. 3.Frontier Airlines61%101 flights

Not enough history to rank: Spirit Airlines (38 flights). We rank airlines only after 100 flights on the route.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

SAT–ATL flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 94% of the time, versus 76% between 3–6 PM.

Monday is the weak spot.

SAT–ATL flights arrived on time 92% of the time on Wednesdays. On Mondays: 80%.

Delta Air Lines has a clear lead on this route.

Delta Air Lines arrived on time 87% of the time on this route; Frontier Airlines managed 61%.

Slipping a little lately.

SAT–ATL flights arrived on time 84% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 87% 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
  • Mon80%(479 flights)
  • Tue88%(404 flights)
  • Wed92%(408 flights)
  • Thu86%(443 flights)
  • Fri85%(468 flights)
  • Sat88%(368 flights)
  • Sun81%(442 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM94%(357 flights)
  • 6–9 AM93%(684 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM89%(447 flights)
  • 12–3 PM80%(770 flights)
  • 3–6 PM76%(473 flights)
  • 6–9 PM81%(281 flights)
On-time trend by month
81%
May

Jun 71% → May 81% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202571%285
July 202579%275
August 202586%263
September 202595%260
October 202590%275
November 202593%244
December 202587%244
January 202686%207
February 202689%216
March 202683%252
April 202689%246
May 202681%245

Based on 3,078 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.