Flights Houston → San Diego
HOU → SAN
Route overview
The flight route from Houston to San Diego has a 75% on-time arrival rate, with an average delay of eleven minutes when flights are not on time. San Diego International Airport, which opened in 1928 and serves over twenty-two million passengers annually, is the destination for this busy route that sees nearly two hundred forty total flights per year.
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 Houston (HOU) → San Diego (SAN) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 293 flights monitored in recent months, 77% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 10 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.00%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 21/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At San Diego the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Houston the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to San Diego: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Houston (HOU) to San Diego (SAN) heads west for about 2,109 km, a flight time of roughly 3h 3m.
Departures from Houston on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 41% of HOU-SAN flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Houston the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into San Diego it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 293 tracked HOU-SAN flights, 77% left on time with an average delay of 10 min and a 0.0% 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 HOU-SAN
On the Houston (HOU) -> San Diego (SAN) route, on-time performance is 77% with an average delay of 10 minutes, based on 293 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Houston-San Diego is 0.00% across 293 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.
