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Alaska Airlines SEA to SAN on-time performance

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

On-time arrivals
74%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
1.1%
29 flights
Avg arrival delay
13 min
44 min when late
Rank on route
#3 of 4
route average 76% on time

Key facts

  • Alaska Airlines flights on SEA to SAN arrived on time 74% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 1.1% were cancelled, and 5% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #3 of 4 airlines on this route, which averaged 76% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was air traffic control & airport congestion (36%).

On-time trend by month

50%75%100%July 2025: 71.7% on time, 4.0% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 65.9% on time, 2.1% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 76.5% on time, 2.0% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 70.8% on time, 3.0% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 72.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 65.2% on time, 1.9% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 78.3% on time, 0.5% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 83.1% on time, 0.0% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 78.0% on time, 1.4% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 91.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 82.9% on time, 0.4% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 67.8% on time, 0.8% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 60.2% on time, 0.4% 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 congestion36%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)31%
  • Late-arriving aircraft31%
  • Extreme weather2%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on SEA to SAN

Full SEA to SAN comparison →
Alaska Airlines on-time record across all routes →

2,741 Alaska Airlines flights tracked on this route; 29 cancelled, 8 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.