Flights San Diego → Miami
SAN → MIA
Route overview
The flight route from San Diego to Miami operates with a Boeing 737-800 aircraft and has an on-time performance rate of 76%, with an average delay of 18.8 minutes per flight. Over the past year, this route has seen 178 flights, connecting passengers from San Diego International Airport, which opened in 1928, to one of the busiest airports globally, Miami International Airport, serving over 50 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) → Miami (MIA) route is operated by American Airlines. Across 239 flights monitored in recent months, 79% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 25 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.00%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 20/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Miami 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 Miami: what to expect in this direction
Flying from San Diego (SAN) to Miami (MIA) heads east for about 3,643 km, a flight time of roughly 4h 58m.
Departures from San Diego on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 50% of SAN-MIA flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing San Diego the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Miami it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 239 tracked SAN-MIA flights, 79% left on time with an average delay of 25 min and a 0.0% 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% |
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Frequently asked questions about SAN-MIA
On the San Diego (SAN) -> Miami (MIA) route, on-time performance is 79% with an average delay of 25 minutes, based on 239 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on San Diego-Miami is 0.00% across 239 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: American 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.
