SAN → SFO Southwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines · San Diego, CA to San Francisco, CA · 1,935 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 102 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 82% on-time departing 6–9am vs. 39% departing 9pm–12am.
On-time arrival
59%
Median delay
+6 min
90th percentile
+78 min
Cancellation rate
1%

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

Across every Southwest Airlines flight number on SAN → SFO (1,935 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 59% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay +6 min; the worst 10% ran +78 min or later. 1% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time1,13559%
16-30 min20010%
31-60 min28915%
61-120 min20811%
2+ hrs824%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0713663%+19 min
2025-0813660%+17 min
2025-0913153%+24 min
2025-1019150%+27 min
2025-1117960%+24 min
2025-1216268%+16 min
2026-0116784%+0 min
2026-0216875%+7 min
2026-0318779%+3 min
2026-0414144%+29 min
2026-0513639%+37 min
2026-0618031%+43 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon31554%
Tue26976%
Wed25563%
Thu31150%
Fri31454%
Sat15671%
Sun29455%

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