Flights San Antonio → Houston
SAT → HOU
Route overview
The flight route from San Antonio to Houston operates with a Boeing 737-500 aircraft and has an on-time performance rate of 78%, with average delays of ten minutes. Over the past year, this route has seen 282 flights, connecting passengers between two major cities in Texas, with Houston's airport handling nearly 14 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 San Antonio (SAT) → Houston (HOU) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 433 flights monitored in recent months, 79% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 10 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.69%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 26.1/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Houston the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from San Antonio the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Houston: what to expect in this direction
Flying from San Antonio (SAT) to Houston (HOU) heads east for about 309 km, a flight time of roughly 48m.
Departures from San Antonio on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 41% of SAT-HOU flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing San Antonio the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Houston it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 433 tracked SAT-HOU flights, 79% left on time with an average delay of 10 min and a 0.7% 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 SAT-HOU
On the San Antonio (SAT) -> Houston (HOU) route, on-time performance is 79% with an average delay of 10 minutes, based on 433 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on San Antonio-Houston is 0.69% across 433 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.
