Flights Phoenix → San Antonio
PHX → SAT
Route overview
The flight route from Phoenix to San Antonio operates with a Canadair Regional Jet 900 aircraft and has an on-time performance rate of 77%, with flights typically experiencing an average delay of 11.3 minutes. The destination airport, which opened in 1942, serves over 9.4 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 Phoenix (PHX) → San Antonio (SAT) route is operated by American Airlines, Southwest Airlines. Across 864 flights monitored in recent months, 75% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 13 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.12%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 20.3/100 (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 Phoenix the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to San Antonio: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Phoenix (PHX) to San Antonio (SAT) heads east for about 1,354 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 7m.
Departures from Phoenix on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 38% of PHX-SAT flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Phoenix the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into San Antonio it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 864 tracked PHX-SAT flights, 75% left on time with an average delay of 13 min and a 0.1% 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% |
| Southwest Airlines (WN) | 73% | 6 min | 3.1% |
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Frequently asked questions about PHX-SAT
On the Phoenix (PHX) -> San Antonio (SAT) route, on-time performance is 75% with an average delay of 13 minutes, based on 864 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Phoenix-San Antonio is 0.12% across 864 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 2 airlines: American 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.
