Flights San Antonio → Los Angeles
SAT → LAX
How long is the flight from San Antonio to Los Angeles?
The flight from San Antonio (SAT) to Los Angeles (LAX) takes 2h 48m on average. That is the median time recorded across 5 scheduled flights on this leg; the actual time varies by a few minutes with wind, routing and take-off queues.
Route overview
This flight route operates from San Antonio to Los Angeles, using Canadair Regional Jet 700 aircraft. With a high on-time performance rate of 84%, the average delay is only 7.8 minutes across the total of 411 flights recorded. The destination airport in Los Angeles, which opened in 1926, handles over 76 million passengers annually, making it one of the busiest airports in the United States.
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) → Los Angeles (LAX) route is operated by United Airlines, Southwest Airlines. Across 1063 flights monitored in recent months, 82% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 12 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.38%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 21/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Los Angeles the average ATFM delay is 5.5 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from San Antonio the average ATFM delay is 5.5 minutes.
Heading to Los Angeles: what to expect in this direction
Flying from San Antonio (SAT) to Los Angeles (LAX) heads west for about 1,945 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 48m.
Departures from San Antonio on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 54% of SAT-LAX flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing San Antonio the average ATFM delay is 5.5 min (atfm); arriving into Los Angeles it is 5.5 min (atfm).
Across 1,063 tracked SAT-LAX flights, 82% left on time with an average delay of 12 min and a 0.4% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Airlines (UA) | 83% | 5 min | 1.3% |
| Southwest Airlines (WN) | 75% | 5 min | 0.3% |
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Frequently asked questions about SAT-LAX
The flight from San Antonio (SAT) to Los Angeles (LAX) takes 2h 48m on average. That is the median time recorded across 5 scheduled flights on this leg; the actual time varies by a few minutes with wind, routing and take-off queues.
On the San Antonio (SAT) -> Los Angeles (LAX) route, on-time performance is 82% with an average delay of 12 minutes, based on 1063 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on San Antonio-Los Angeles is 0.38% across 1063 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 2 airlines: United 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.
