STL → SAN Southwest Airlines

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

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 87% on-time departing 6–9am vs. 20% departing 9pm–12am.
On-time arrival
77%
Median delay
0 min
90th percentile
+41 min
Cancellation rate
0%

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

Across every Southwest Airlines flight number on STL → SAN (474 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 77% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay 0 min; the worst 10% ran +41 min or later. 0% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time36277%
16-30 min419%
31-60 min449%
61-120 min194%
2+ hrs61%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-073959%+21 min
2025-083669%+17 min
2025-093382%+12 min
2025-105775%+8 min
2025-114879%+7 min
2025-124667%+18 min
2026-013586%-7 min
2026-023577%-7 min
2026-033589%-7 min
2026-043494%+2 min
2026-053689%-7 min
2026-063861%+16 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon6271%
Tue6085%
Wed5671%
Thu6276%
Fri6882%
Sat7981%
Sun8571%

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