Flights Detroit → San Antonio
DTW → SAT
Route overview
The flight route from Detroit to San Antonio operates with an average on-time performance of 84%, experiencing a mean delay of just 5.1 minutes per flight. Over the past year, this route has seen 194 flights carried out by Airbus A320 aircraft, serving the busy San Antonio International Airport, which opened in 1942 and currently handles 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 Detroit (DTW) → San Antonio (SAT) route is operated by Delta Air Lines. Across 256 flights monitored in recent months, 86% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 4 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.17%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 24.9/100 (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 Detroit the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to San Antonio: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Detroit (DTW) to San Antonio (SAT) heads south-west for about 1,954 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 52m.
Departures from Detroit on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 47% of DTW-SAT flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Detroit the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into San Antonio it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 256 tracked DTW-SAT flights, 86% left on time with an average delay of 4 min and a 1.2% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines (DL) | 80% | 8 min | 1.8% |
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Frequently asked questions about DTW-SAT
On the Detroit (DTW) -> San Antonio (SAT) route, on-time performance is 86% with an average delay of 4 minutes, based on 256 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Detroit-San Antonio is 1.17% across 256 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: Delta Air Lines.
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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.
