Flights Baltimore → San Antonio
BWI → SAT
Route overview
This flight route connects Baltimore with San Antonio, featuring an on-time performance rate of 77%. Over the past year, it has recorded an average delay of 14.2 minutes per flight across a total of 138 flights. The origin airport in Baltimore opened in 1947, while the destination airport in San Antonio dates back to 1942 and serves nearly 9.5 million passengers annually.
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 Baltimore (BWI) → San Antonio (SAT) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 198 flights monitored in recent months, 74% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 15 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.02%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 19.2/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At San Antonio the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Baltimore the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to San Antonio: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Baltimore (BWI) to San Antonio (SAT) heads west for about 2,262 km, a flight time of roughly 3h 15m.
Departures from Baltimore on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 46% of BWI-SAT flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Baltimore the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into San Antonio it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 198 tracked BWI-SAT flights, 74% left on time with an average delay of 15 min and a 2.0% 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 BWI-SAT
On the Baltimore (BWI) -> San Antonio (SAT) route, on-time performance is 74% with an average delay of 15 minutes, based on 198 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Baltimore-San Antonio is 2.02% across 198 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.
