SFO → SAN Southwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines · San Francisco, CA to San Diego, CA · 1,935 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 94 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 90% on-time departing 6–9am vs. 27% departing 9pm–12am.
On-time arrival
54%
Median delay
+12 min
90th percentile
+87 min
Cancellation rate
1%

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

Across every Southwest Airlines flight number on SFO → SAN (1,935 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 54% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay +12 min; the worst 10% ran +87 min or later. 1% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time1,02254%
16-30 min25313%
31-60 min29315%
61-120 min24413%
2+ hrs955%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0713657%+23 min
2025-0813657%+25 min
2025-0913151%+24 min
2025-1019045%+33 min
2025-1117659%+26 min
2025-1216256%+26 min
2026-0116775%+16 min
2026-0216762%+19 min
2026-0318769%+12 min
2026-0414242%+36 min
2026-0513532%+50 min
2026-0617834%+46 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon31149%
Tue26970%
Wed25459%
Thu30944%
Fri31548%
Sat15558%
Sun29451%

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