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Route Reliability

San Antonio → Denver

SATDEN · 794 miles · San Antonio International Airport to Denver International Airport

87
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
82%
Arrive within 15 minutes
6 min
Average arrival delay
0.5%
Cancelled
3,013
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.Southwest Airlines82%1,433 flights
  2. 2.United Airlines82%1,225 flights
  3. 3.Frontier Airlines79%355 flights

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

SAT–DEN flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 96% of the time, versus 65% between 6–9 PM.

Monday comes out ahead.

A small edge: 84% on time on Mondays against 80% on Thursdays.

Southwest Airlines has a slight edge here.

Southwest Airlines arrived on time 82% of the time on this route; Frontier Airlines managed 79%.

Slipping a little lately.

SAT–DEN flights arrived on time 82% 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
  • Mon84%(448 flights)
  • Tue81%(395 flights)
  • Wed83%(386 flights)
  • Thu80%(457 flights)
  • Fri81%(452 flights)
  • Sat83%(408 flights)
  • Sun81%(444 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM96%(329 flights)
  • 6–9 AM89%(532 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM88%(442 flights)
  • 12–3 PM85%(617 flights)
  • 3–6 PM73%(577 flights)
  • 6–9 PM65%(493 flights)
On-time trend by month
80%
May

Jun 71% → May 80% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202571%266
July 202574%273
August 202576%235
September 202585%217
October 202583%252
November 202589%241
December 202585%282
January 202689%226
February 202687%191
March 202680%293
April 202686%250
May 202680%264

Based on 3,013 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.