BWI → SAN Southwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines · Baltimore, MD to San Diego, CA · 1,141 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 53 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 88% on-time departing 6–9am vs. 27% departing 9pm–12am.
On-time arrival
76%
Median delay
-3 min
90th percentile
+42 min
Cancellation rate
1%

How on-time is Southwest Airlines from BWI to SAN?

Across every Southwest Airlines flight number on BWI → SAN (1,141 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 76% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -3 min; the worst 10% ran +42 min or later. 1% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time85276%
16-30 min10810%
31-60 min918%
61-120 min434%
2+ hrs242%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-078371%+13 min
2025-088487%0 min
2025-098085%+4 min
2025-1010076%+5 min
2025-119688%-2 min
2025-1210068%+12 min
2026-018584%-7 min
2026-027882%-6 min
2026-0310281%-3 min
2026-0410368%+9 min
2026-0510579%+7 min
2026-0610252%+23 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon17876%
Tue16077%
Wed15475%
Thu17577%
Fri18276%
Sat12083%
Sun14970%

Based on US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics on-time data. Loading the full breakdown…