Flights Dallas-Fort Worth → San Antonio
DFW → SAT
Route overview
The flight route from Dallas-Fort Worth to San Antonio operates with a fleet of McDonnell Douglas MD-83 aircraft and has an on-time performance rate of 69%. Over the past year, it recorded an average delay time of 19.8 minutes per flight among the total 1053 flights conducted. The destination airport in San Antonio, which opened in 1942, serves approximately 9,462,449 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-Fort Worth (DFW) → San Antonio (SAT) route is operated by American Airlines. Across 1422 flights monitored in recent months, 69% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 21 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.97%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 27.3/100 (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-Fort Worth the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to San Antonio: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) to San Antonio (SAT) heads south for about 398 km, a flight time of roughly 55m.
Departures from Dallas-Fort Worth on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 41% of DFW-SAT flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Dallas-Fort Worth the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into San Antonio it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 1,422 tracked DFW-SAT flights, 69% left on time with an average delay of 21 min and a 2.0% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines (AA) | 74% | 16 min | 3.0% |
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Frequently asked questions about DFW-SAT
On the Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) -> San Antonio (SAT) route, on-time performance is 69% with an average delay of 21 minutes, based on 1422 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Dallas-Fort Worth-San Antonio is 1.97% across 1422 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: American 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.
