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Delta Air Lines SAN to SEA on-time performance

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

On-time arrivals
87%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
1.1%
19 flights
Avg arrival delay
10 min
75 min when late
Rank on route
#1 of 4
route average 81% on time

Key facts

  • Delta Air Lines flights on SAN to SEA arrived on time 87% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 1.1% were cancelled, and 5% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #1 of 4 airlines on this route, which averaged 81% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (55%).

On-time trend by month

70%85%100%July 2025: 84.4% on time, 0.0% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 82.5% on time, 0.7% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 91.9% on time, 0.7% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 87.6% on time, 1.4% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 81.5% on time, 0.0% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 82.5% on time, 2.7% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 90.9% on time, 0.8% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 93.4% on time, 0.8% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 87.5% on time, 2.7% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 91.1% on time, 0.0% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 88.4% on time, 2.0% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 86.9% on time, 0.7% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 85.3% on time, 0.7% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Late-arriving aircraft55%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)30%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion15%
  • Extreme weather0%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on SAN to SEA

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

1,704 Delta Air Lines flights tracked on this route; 19 cancelled, 2 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.