Flights Santa Rosa → San Diego
STS → SAN
Route overview
The flight route from Santa Rosa to San Diego operates with an average on-time performance of 83%, featuring a mean delay of just 6.6 minutes per flight. Over the past year, this route has seen 234 flights using the De Havilland Canada DHC-8-400 Dash 8Q aircraft, serving the highly trafficked San Diego International Airport, which opened in 1928 and currently handles over 22 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 Santa Rosa (STS) → San Diego (SAN) route is operated by American Airlines, Alaska Airlines. Across 285 flights monitored in recent months, 84% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 7 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.00%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 15.8/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At San Diego the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Santa Rosa the average ATFM delay is 2.1 minutes.
Heading to San Diego: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Santa Rosa (STS) to San Diego (SAN) heads south-east for about 819 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 27m.
Departures from Santa Rosa on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 61% of STS-SAN flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Santa Rosa the average ATFM delay is 2.1 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into San Diego it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 285 tracked STS-SAN flights, 84% left on time with an average delay of 7 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% |
| Alaska Airlines (AS) | 67% | 10 min | 11.9% |
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Frequently asked questions about STS-SAN
On the Santa Rosa (STS) -> San Diego (SAN) route, on-time performance is 84% with an average delay of 7 minutes, based on 285 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Santa Rosa-San Diego is 0.00% across 285 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 2 airlines: American Airlines, 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.
