DEN → SAN Southwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines · Denver, CO to San Diego, CA · 2,389 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 104 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 97% on-time departing 3–6am vs. 52% departing 9pm–12am.
On-time arrival
70%
Median delay
+1 min
90th percentile
+56 min
Cancellation rate
1%

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

Across every Southwest Airlines flight number on DEN → SAN (2,389 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 70% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay +1 min; the worst 10% ran +56 min or later. 1% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time1,66670%
16-30 min24110%
31-60 min25211%
61-120 min1496%
2+ hrs582%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0721167%+21 min
2025-0818965%+22 min
2025-0918269%+18 min
2025-1020865%+13 min
2025-1120577%+7 min
2025-1221866%+13 min
2026-0118685%-3 min
2026-0217776%+2 min
2026-0320280%+4 min
2026-0419173%+9 min
2026-0519470%+12 min
2026-0620355%+25 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon36869%
Tue33076%
Wed31673%
Thu35764%
Fri36969%
Sat27176%
Sun35568%

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