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Delta Air Lines BOS to SAN on-time performance

Delta Air Lines nonstop flights from Boston to San Diego · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

On-time arrivals
68%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
1.6%
6 flights
Avg arrival delay
15 min
42 min when late
Rank on route
#3 of 4
route average 77% on time

Key facts

  • Delta Air Lines flights on BOS to SAN arrived on time 68% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 1.6% were cancelled, and 7% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #3 of 4 airlines on this route, which averaged 77% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was air traffic control & airport congestion (43%).

On-time trend by month

40%70%100%July 2025: 74.2% on time, 0.0% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 73.3% on time, 0.0% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 51.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 58.6% on time, 0.0% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 62.1% on time, 0.0% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 79.3% on time, 3.2% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 57.1% on time, 9.7% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 80.8% on time, 7.1% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 80.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 60.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 64.5% on time, 0.0% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 73.3% on time, 0.0% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 71.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Air traffic control & airport congestion43%
  • Late-arriving aircraft32%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)24%
  • Extreme weather0%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on BOS to SAN

Full BOS to SAN comparison →
Delta Air Lines on-time record across all routes →

364 Delta Air Lines flights tracked on this route; 6 cancelled, 6 diverted.

Data: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 (12 months). Latest month published by BTS: July 2026. How we calculate this.