Flights San Diego → Reno
SAN → RNO
Route overview
The flight route from San Diego to Reno has a 74% on-time performance rate, with an average delay of 11 minutes. Over the past year, there have been 385 flights on this route, connecting passengers from San Diego International Airport, which opened in 1928, to Reno-Tahoe International Airport, serving over 4.3 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) → Reno (RNO) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 453 flights monitored in recent months, 75% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 10 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.55%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 18.1/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Reno the average ATFM delay is 3.3 minutes (main cause: airspace/NAS (BTS)). Departing from San Diego the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Reno: what to expect in this direction
Flying from San Diego (SAN) to Reno (RNO) heads north for about 787 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 24m.
Departures from San Diego on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 44% of SAN-RNO flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing San Diego the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Reno it is 3.3 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)).
Across 453 tracked SAN-RNO flights, 75% left on time with an average delay of 10 min and a 1.6% 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-RNO
On the San Diego (SAN) -> Reno (RNO) route, on-time performance is 75% with an average delay of 10 minutes, based on 453 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on San Diego-Reno is 1.55% across 453 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.
