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Alaska Airlines IAD to SAN on-time performance

Alaska Airlines nonstop flights from Washington to San Diego · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

On-time arrivals
75%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
0.6%
2 flights
Avg arrival delay
13 min
46 min when late
Rank on route
#2 of 2
route average 84% on time

Key facts

  • Alaska Airlines flights on IAD to SAN arrived on time 75% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 0.6% were cancelled, and 4% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #2 of 2 airlines on this route, which averaged 84% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was air traffic control & airport congestion (45%).

On-time trend by month

40%70%100%July 2025: 56.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 80.0% on time, 3.2% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 72.4% on time, 0.0% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 79.3% on time, 0.0% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 77.8% on time, 0.0% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 70.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 70.0% on time, 3.2% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 82.1% on time, 0.0% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 74.2% on time, 0.0% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 83.3% on time, 0.0% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 83.9% on time, 0.0% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 53.3% on time, 0.0% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 70.0% 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 congestion45%
  • Late-arriving aircraft36%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)11%
  • Extreme weather7%
  • Security1%

Other airlines on IAD to SAN

361 Alaska Airlines flights tracked on this route; 2 cancelled, 4 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.