OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Baltimore to San Antonio

1,407 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on BWI–SAT arrive on time 76% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate76%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay45 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled1.4%of scheduled flights

based on 738 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • Southwest Airlines
    On-time76%
    Medianon time
    p9045 min
    Cancel1.4%
    Flights738

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline28%
  • Weather4%
  • Air traffic (NAS)17%
  • Late aircraft49%
  • Security3%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline20%
  • Weather80%
  • Air traffic (NAS)0%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 10 cancellations with a reported cause (BTS reports causes from June 2003).

Over time

On-time trend

By season

On-time rate by month

When to fly

Best time to fly BWI → SAT

All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-06 .. 2026-05).

Best time of day

On-time rates are fairly even by time of day on this route — ranging from 58% to 85% on time.

  • Mornings85% on time · p90 20 min · 802 flights
  • Middays82% on time · p90 25 min · 363 flights
  • Afternoons66% on time · p90 75 min · 264 flights
  • Evenings64% on time · p90 60 min · 659 flights
  • Overnights58% on time · p90 75 min · 402 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 66% to 79% on time.

  • Wednesdays79% on time · p90 30 min · 341 flights
  • Tuesdays75% on time · p90 35 min · 344 flights
  • Sundays75% on time · p90 45 min · 334 flights
  • Mondays72% on time · p90 50 min · 405 flights
  • Thursdays72% on time · p90 40 min · 396 flights
  • Fridays69% on time · p90 55 min · 411 flights
  • Saturdays66% on time · p90 55 min · 259 flights

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Methodology

A flight is on time when it arrives within 15 minutes of schedule — the US DOT / BTS standard. Median and p90(the “1-in-10 bad day”) are read from the full arrival-delay distribution, never averaged across periods.

Figures cover a carrier’s own BTS-coded flights. Cells below ~200 flights are flagged as limited data. All numbers are pre-computed from public BTS On-Time Performance data.