Flights Austin → San Diego
AUS → SAN
Route overview
The flight route from Austin to San Diego has a 75% on-time performance rate, with an average delay of 13 minutes when flights are not on time. With over seven million passengers annually at the destination airport, which opened in 1928, this route sees frequent travel between these two cities.
Your rights on this US flight (DOT)
US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under the US DOT rules, if your flight is cancelled or significantly changed and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Amenities for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
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The Austin (AUS) → San Diego (SAN) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 844 flights monitored in recent months, 75% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 13 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.30%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 15.9/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At San Diego the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Austin the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to San Diego: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Austin (AUS) to San Diego (SAN) heads west for about 1,871 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 46m.
Departures from Austin on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 39% of AUS-SAN flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Austin the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into San Diego it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 844 tracked AUS-SAN flights, 75% left on time with an average delay of 13 min and a 1.3% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines (WN) | 73% | 6 min | 3.1% |
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Frequently asked questions about AUS-SAN
On the Austin (AUS) -> San Diego (SAN) route, on-time performance is 75% with an average delay of 13 minutes, based on 844 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Austin-San Diego is 1.30% across 844 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: Southwest Airlines.
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US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under US DOT rules, if the airline cancels or significantly changes your flight and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Meals or hotels for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
