SAN → STL Southwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines · San Diego, CA to St. Louis, MO · 474 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 39 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 100% on-time departing 3–6pm vs. 60% departing 12–3pm.
On-time arrival
77%
Median delay
-3 min
90th percentile
+42 min
Cancellation rate
0%

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

Across every Southwest Airlines flight number on SAN → STL (474 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 77% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -3 min; the worst 10% ran +42 min or later. 0% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time36177%
16-30 min408%
31-60 min378%
61-120 min296%
2+ hrs41%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-073969%+9 min
2025-083583%+4 min
2025-093485%-5 min
2025-105796%-13 min
2025-114873%+15 min
2025-124667%+13 min
2026-013465%+7 min
2026-023594%-5 min
2026-033678%+10 min
2026-043379%+2 min
2026-053672%+8 min
2026-063853%+23 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon6271%
Tue6083%
Wed5786%
Thu6175%
Fri6866%
Sat7982%
Sun8474%

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