PHX to SAT flight delays
Phoenix, AZ (PHX) San Antonio, TX (SAT) · 843 miles
201 flights · March 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
72.36%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
0%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
76 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
22 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
The two directions do not behave alike. SAT to PHX arrives on time 15.1 points less often than the outbound. Delay accumulates through the flying day, so whichever direction is scheduled later tends to carry the worse record — which is an argument for booking the morning departure if the choice exists.
Only Southwest Airlines flies this route in the published record, so there is no choice to weigh — the route's figures and the airline's are the same figures.
This is a thin route — 201 flights across the whole period. On a route this infrequent a cancellation is far more costly than the rate suggests, because the next departure may not be the same day.
Flights from Phoenix to San Antonio run late more often than the average route, though not severely.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over March 2025 – August 2026, Southwest Airlines arrived on time most often on PHX to SAT.
Every airline on PHX to SAT
Ranked by how many flights each one operated. A carrier with fewer than 100 flights in the period is listed but not graded.
| Airline | Flights | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines | 111 | 70.64% | 0% | 64 min | C |
| American Airlines | 60 | 73.33% | 0% | 115 min | — |
| Envoy Air | 30 | 76.67% | 0% | 38 min | — |
The return leg
SAT to PHX San Antonio back to Phoenix 57.21% on time FOther routes from Phoenix
What these figures do and do not tell you
Everything on this page is counted from the flights that actually operated on PHX to SAT during March 2025 – August 2026, as reported by the airlines to the US Bureau of Transportation Statistics. "On time" is the federal definition: arriving at the gate within 15 minutes of the scheduled time.
A route's record is a description of the past, not a forecast. Weather, air traffic control and the aircraft's earlier flights that day drive most delays, and none of them are predictable from a historical rate. What the record does tell you is whether this route runs late more often than others, and which carrier on it has the better history — which is the part you can actually act on when you book.
Cancellations are counted separately from delays because they are a different problem for a traveller: a late flight still gets you there. How the grade is calculated →