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Route Reliability

San Antonio → Los Angeles

SATLAX · 1,211 miles · San Antonio International Airport to Los Angeles International Airport

93
Nerd Approved
WanderNerd Reliability Score
88%
Arrive within 15 minutes
1 min early
Average arrival delay
0.4%
Cancelled
1,921
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.American Airlines91%697 flights
  2. 2.Delta Air Lines90%688 flights
  3. 3.Spirit Airlines88%199 flights
  4. 4.Southwest Airlines77%337 flights

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

SAT–LAX flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 93% of the time, versus 68% between 6–9 PM.

Thursday is the weak spot.

SAT–LAX flights arrived on time 92% of the time on Saturdays. On Thursdays: 85%.

American Airlines runs this route best.

American Airlines arrived on time 91% of the time on this route; Southwest Airlines managed 77%.

Ticking up lately.

SAT–LAX flights arrived on time 87% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 83% 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
  • Mon89%(283 flights)
  • Tue87%(259 flights)
  • Wed89%(265 flights)
  • Thu85%(277 flights)
  • Fri87%(281 flights)
  • Sat92%(251 flights)
  • Sun86%(292 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM87%(15 flights)
  • 6–9 AM93%(791 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM92%(52 flights)
  • 12–3 PM83%(300 flights)
  • 3–6 PM85%(655 flights)
  • 6–9 PM68%(90 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM(5 flights)
On-time trend by month
81%
May

Jun 87% → May 81% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202587%185
July 202588%185
August 202593%179
September 202590%155
October 202590%167
November 202590%174
December 202584%177
January 202681%129
February 202685%121
March 202693%144
April 202687%146
May 202681%146

Based on 1,921 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.