DAL → SAN Southwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines · Dallas, TX to San Diego, CA · 1,575 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 95 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 94% on-time departing 6–9am vs. 58% departing 9pm–12am.
On-time arrival
76%
Median delay
-1 min
90th percentile
+46 min
Cancellation rate
1%

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

Across every Southwest Airlines flight number on DAL → SAN (1,575 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 76% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -1 min; the worst 10% ran +46 min or later. 1% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time1,17576%
16-30 min15110%
31-60 min1127%
61-120 min795%
2+ hrs292%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0714074%+15 min
2025-0812087%-2 min
2025-0911482%+7 min
2025-1013878%+7 min
2025-1112578%+8 min
2025-1213674%+9 min
2026-0111982%-2 min
2026-0212286%-4 min
2026-0313682%-2 min
2026-0413072%+12 min
2026-0513371%+15 min
2026-0613350%+28 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon24379%
Tue22681%
Wed21879%
Thu23773%
Fri24072%
Sat16379%
Sun21970%

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