OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

San Antonio to Baltimore

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

Flights on SAT–BWI arrive on time 80% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate80%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay30 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled1.8%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-time80%
    Medianon time
    p9030 min
    Cancel1.8%
    Flights738

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline23%
  • Weather6%
  • Air traffic (NAS)27%
  • Late aircraft44%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline31%
  • Weather69%
  • Air traffic (NAS)0%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 13 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 SAT → BWI

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

Best time of day

Mornings are the most reliable time of day to fly this route — 95% on time.

  • Mornings95% on time · p90 5 min · 1,095 flights
  • Middays87% on time · p90 15 min · 329 flights
  • Afternoons70% on time · p90 50 min · 831 flights
  • Evenings58% on time · p90 65 min · 227 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 80% to 85% on time.

  • Tuesdays85% on time · p90 20 min · 344 flights
  • Wednesdays84% on time · p90 20 min · 341 flights
  • Saturdays82% on time · p90 30 min · 260 flights
  • Mondays81% on time · p90 30 min · 405 flights
  • Thursdays81% on time · p90 35 min · 396 flights
  • Sundays80% on time · p90 30 min · 336 flights
  • Fridays80% on time · p90 30 min · 412 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.