WN2981 HOU → SAN

Southwest Airlines · Houston, TX to San Diego, CA · 64 flights observed, 2025-11-02 to 2026-01-05 · 1,313 mi

WN2981 covers more than one route in the data window — the stats below are for HOU → SAN, the one it has flown most recently. The others are linked under “Other routes”.

On-time arrival
77%
Median delay
-5 min
90th percentile
+36 min
Cancellation rate
5%

How often is WN2981 on time?

Across 64 flights on HOU → SAN from 2025-11-02 to 2026-01-05, WN2981 arrived within 15 minutes of schedule 77% of the time. The median arrival delay was -5 min, and the worst 10% of flights arrived +36 min or later. 5% of flights were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time4777%
16-30 min58%
31-60 min47%
61-120 min35%
2+ hrs23%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-112580%+6 min
2025-123174%+6 min
2026-01580%+9 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon1080%
Tue888%
Wed875%
Thu757%
Fri967%
Sat978%
Sun1090%

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