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Route Reliability

Salt Lake City → San Diego

SLCSAN · 626 miles · Salt Lake City International Airport to San Diego International Airport

87
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
84%
Arrive within 15 minutes
2 min
Average arrival delay
0.8%
Cancelled
3,063
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.Frontier Airlines86%142 flights
  2. 2.Alaska Airlines85%762 flights
  3. 3.Delta Air Lines85%1,751 flights
  4. 4.Southwest Airlines76%408 flights

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

SLC–SAN flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 93% of the time, versus 72% between 6–9 PM.

Friday is doing you no favors.

SLC–SAN flights arrived on time 88% of the time on Tuesdays. On Fridays: 80%.

Frontier Airlines runs this route best.

Frontier Airlines arrived on time 86% of the time on this route; Southwest Airlines managed 76%.

Ticking up lately.

SLC–SAN flights arrived on time 87% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 81% 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
  • Mon87%(461 flights)
  • Tue88%(412 flights)
  • Wed85%(401 flights)
  • Thu80%(429 flights)
  • Fri80%(458 flights)
  • Sat85%(382 flights)
  • Sun82%(485 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM93%(632 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM83%(838 flights)
  • 12–3 PM84%(154 flights)
  • 3–6 PM80%(818 flights)
  • 6–9 PM72%(247 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM86%(339 flights)
On-time trend by month
85%
May

Jun 81% → May 85% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202581%215
July 202583%220
August 202584%220
September 202588%207
October 202580%240
November 202583%269
December 202577%292
January 202683%265
February 202685%260
March 202692%290
April 202685%281
May 202685%269

Based on 3,063 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.