Flights Denver → San Antonio
DEN → SAT
Route overview
The flight route from Denver to San Antonio operates with an average on-time performance of 77%, featuring a mean delay of 11.4 minutes per flight. Over the past year, there have been 742 flights on this route using either Airbus A319 or Boeing 737-300 aircraft, connecting the Denver airport, which opened in 1989, with San Antonio International Airport, established in 1942 and serving over 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 Denver (DEN) → San Antonio (SAT) route is operated by United Airlines, Southwest Airlines. Across 993 flights monitored in recent months, 76% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 11 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.81%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 23.1/100 (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 Denver the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to San Antonio: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Denver (DEN) to San Antonio (SAT) heads south-east for about 1,280 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 1m.
Departures from Denver on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 47% of DEN-SAT flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Denver the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into San Antonio it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 993 tracked DEN-SAT flights, 76% left on time with an average delay of 11 min and a 1.8% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Airlines (UA) | 74% | 10 min | 6.9% |
| Southwest Airlines (WN) | 73% | 6 min | 3.1% |
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Frequently asked questions about DEN-SAT
On the Denver (DEN) -> San Antonio (SAT) route, on-time performance is 76% with an average delay of 11 minutes, based on 993 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Denver-San Antonio is 1.81% across 993 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 2 airlines: United Airlines, 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.
