Flights San Diego → Houston
SAN → HOU
Route overview
The flight route from San Diego to Houston has a 70% on-time performance rate, with an average delay of 14.7 minutes when flights are not on time. Over the past year, there have been 239 total flights on this route, connecting San Diego International Airport, which opened in 1928, to one of the busiest airports in Houston by passenger traffic, serving over 13.9 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 Diego (SAN) → Houston (HOU) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 296 flights monitored in recent months, 72% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 14 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.00%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 19.5/100 (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 Diego the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Houston: what to expect in this direction
Flying from San Diego (SAN) to Houston (HOU) heads east for about 2,109 km, a flight time of roughly 3h 3m.
Departures from San Diego on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 45% of SAN-HOU flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing San Diego the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Houston it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 296 tracked SAN-HOU flights, 72% left on time with an average delay of 14 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 SAN-HOU
On the San Diego (SAN) -> Houston (HOU) route, on-time performance is 72% with an average delay of 14 minutes, based on 296 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on San Diego-Houston is 0.00% across 296 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.
