Flights Dallas → San Antonio
DAL → SAT
Route overview
The flight route from Dallas to San Antonio operates with a Boeing 737 series aircraft and has an on-time performance rate of 71%, with an average delay of 11.2 minutes per flight. Over the past year, there have been 689 flights on this route, serving the busy San Antonio International Airport, which opened in 1942 and currently handles nearly nine 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 Dallas (DAL) → San Antonio (SAT) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 937 flights monitored in recent months, 74% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 11 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.49%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 21.5/100 (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 Dallas the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to San Antonio: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Dallas (DAL) to San Antonio (SAT) heads south-west for about 399 km, a flight time of roughly 55m.
Departures from Dallas on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 36% of DAL-SAT flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Dallas the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into San Antonio it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 937 tracked DAL-SAT flights, 74% left on time with an average delay of 11 min and a 1.5% 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% |
Airlines operating DAL-SAT
Frequently asked questions about DAL-SAT
On the Dallas (DAL) -> San Antonio (SAT) route, on-time performance is 74% with an average delay of 11 minutes, based on 937 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Dallas-San Antonio is 1.49% across 937 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.
