Flights Monterey → San Diego
MRY → SAN
Route overview
The flight route from Monterey to San Diego is served by the De Havilland Canada DHC-8-400 Dash 8Q aircraft and boasts a high on-time performance rate of 91%, with an average arrival time that is actually one minute ahead of schedule. The origin airport in Monterey, which opened in 1940, connects to San Diego International Airport, established in 1928, a major hub handling over twenty-two 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 Monterey (MRY) → San Diego (SAN) route is operated by Alaska Airlines. Across 201 flights monitored in recent months, 90% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of -0 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.49%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 11.6/100 (low), 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 Monterey the average ATFM delay is 2.9 minutes.
Heading to San Diego: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Monterey (MRY) to San Diego (SAN) heads south-east for about 604 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 11m.
Departures from Monterey on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 56% of MRY-SAN flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Monterey the average ATFM delay is 2.9 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into San Diego it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 201 tracked MRY-SAN flights, 90% left on time with an average delay of -0 min and a 1.5% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska Airlines (AS) | 67% | 10 min | 11.9% |
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Frequently asked questions about MRY-SAN
On the Monterey (MRY) -> San Diego (SAN) route, on-time performance is 90% with an average delay of -0 minutes, based on 201 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Monterey-San Diego is 1.49% across 201 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: Alaska 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.
