WN2161 DEN → SAN

Southwest Airlines · Denver, CO to San Diego, CA · 41 flights observed, 2025-10-02 to 2026-01-04 · 853 mi

This flight's reliability varies a lot by day of week — 80% on-time on Thursdays vs. 43% on Sundays.

WN2161 covers more than one route in the data window — the stats below are for DEN → SAN, the one it has flown most recently. The others are linked under “Other routes”.

On-time arrival
59%
Median delay
+9 min
90th percentile
+43 min
Cancellation rate
0%

How often is WN2161 on time?

Across 41 flights on DEN → SAN from 2025-10-02 to 2026-01-04, WN2161 arrived within 15 minutes of schedule 59% of the time. The median arrival delay was +9 min, and the worst 10% of flights arrived +43 min or later. 0% of flights were cancelled.

Delay distribution

Arrival delay for completed flights (excludes cancellations and diversions).

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time2459%
16-30 min717%
31-60 min615%
61-120 min25%
2+ hrs25%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-102572%+10 min
2025-11450%+8 min
2025-121030%+49 min
2026-01250%+38 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon667%
Tue757%
Wed560%
Thu580%
Fri757%
Sat450%
Sun743%

Based on US Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics on-time data. Loading live conditions and full charts…