Flights San Diego → Monterey
SAN → MRY
Route overview
The flight route from San Diego to Monterey is operated by a De Havilland Canada DHC-8-400 Dash 8Q aircraft, with an overall on-time performance rate of 77%. Over the past period, there have been 178 flights with an average delay of 4.3 minutes. The destination airport in Monterey, which opened in 1940, serves approximately 394,923 passengers annually, while San Diego's airport, established in 1928, is a well-established hub for air travel.
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) → Monterey (MRY) route is operated by Alaska Airlines. Across 201 flights monitored in recent months, 79% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 4 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.00%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 20/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Monterey the average ATFM delay is 2.9 minutes (main cause: airspace/NAS (BTS)). Departing from San Diego the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Monterey: what to expect in this direction
Flying from San Diego (SAN) to Monterey (MRY) heads north-west for about 604 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 11m.
Departures from San Diego on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 44% of SAN-MRY flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing San Diego the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Monterey it is 2.9 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)).
Across 201 tracked SAN-MRY flights, 79% left on time with an average delay of 4 min and a 1.0% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska Airlines (AS) | 67% | 10 min | 11.9% |
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Frequently asked questions about SAN-MRY
On the San Diego (SAN) -> Monterey (MRY) route, on-time performance is 79% with an average delay of 4 minutes, based on 201 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on San Diego-Monterey is 1.00% across 201 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: Alaska 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.
