SAN — San Diego International Airport

Large airport in San Diego, United States.
IATA code
SAN
ICAO code
KSAN
Size
large
OurAirports class
Passengers
26,816,776
Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
Nonstop routes
131
With open traffic data
Time zone
UTC−8 / UTC−7
America/Los_Angeles
Elevation
5 m
16 ft
Runways
1
Longest 2,865 m

Local time now: —

More codes: airport codes starting with S

About SAN

San Diego International Airport is a large airport serving San Diego, United States. It opened in 1928. 26,816,776 passengers used it in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Open traffic data shows 131 nonstop routes from SAN.

Wikidata (CC0) · US BTS T-100. Sources

Busiest nonstop routes from SAN

Route Distance Passengers / year
SAN → DEN1,372 km 1,660,071
SAN → SFO719 km 1,602,478
SAN → PHX490 km 1,446,560
SAN → LAS416 km 1,298,567
SAN → SEA1,690 km 1,233,726
SAN → DFW1,884 km 1,169,665
SAN → SMF772 km 1,165,042
SAN → ORD2,773 km 1,117,270
SAN → SJC671 km 1,086,373
SAN → ATL3,044 km 791,487
SAN → SLC1,007 km 776,818
SAN → OAK718 km 741,334
SAN → JFK3,936 km 709,493
SAN → HNL4,207 km 611,636
SAN → AUS1,874 km 542,393
SAN → BOS4,164 km 527,577
SAN → PDX1,501 km 511,067
SAN → MSP2,466 km 489,120
SAN → IAH2,097 km 478,307
SAN → EWR3,903 km 463,663
SAN → CLT3,343 km 441,242
SAN → IAD3,626 km 417,666
SAN → DAL1,903 km 416,507
SAN → DTW3,148 km 384,460
SAN → PHL3,814 km 323,923
SAN → MCO3,458 km 317,658
SAN → BWI3,693 km 312,667
SAN → MDW2,781 km 302,231
SAN → BNA2,818 km 284,063
SAN → LAX176 km 277,603
SAN → RNO786 km 266,272
SAN → FAT505 km 252,876
SAN → OGG4,089 km 245,237
SAN → HOU2,113 km 239,395
SAN → LHR8,828 km 236,094
SAN → BOI1,205 km 204,900
SAN → MIA3,649 km 199,123
SAN → TPA3,358 km 177,258
SAN → SJD1,290 km 174,440
SAN → SAT1,818 km 142,391

Passengers on the route, both directions, over the period of each source: US DOT / BTS T-100 (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026) for routes touching the US, Eurostat (2024) for routes reported by European airports. Routes outside these are not counted.

Airlines at SAN

  • WN Southwest Airlines · 76,286 flights
  • OO SkyWest Airlines · 29,329 flights
  • AS Alaska Airlines · 27,306 flights
  • UA United Air Lines · 20,997 flights
  • DL Delta Air Lines · 18,916 flights
  • AA American Airlines · 18,394 flights
  • QX Horizon Air · 11,601 flights
  • F9 Frontier Airlines · 4,298 flights
  • B6 JetBlue Airways · 3,206 flights
  • QK Jazz Aviation LP · 1,324 flights
  • BA British Airways · 1,050 flights
  • AC Air Canada · 930 flights
  • HA Hawaiian Airlines · 792 flights
  • MX Breeze Aviation Group DBA Breeze · 728 flights
  • WS Westjet · 603 flights
  • LH Lufthansa German Airlines · 583 flights
  • SY Sun Country Airlines · 567 flights
  • JL Japan Air Lines · 562 flights
  • NK Spirit Air Lines · 515 flights
  • CM Compania Panamena (Copa) · 392 flights

Departures and arrivals on scheduled passenger flights, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment. Sources

Punctuality

Departures on time
74.4%
Within 15 minutes of schedule
Cancelled
1.3%
Departures counted
100,196
US domestic flights

US domestic flights of the larger US airlines, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. BTS Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance. Sources

Airports within 150 km

Code Airport Distance
TIJGeneral Abelardo L. Rodriguez International Airport30 km
CLDMcClellan-Palomar Airport45 km
SNAJohn Wayne Orange County International Airport122 km
PSPPalm Springs International Airport137 km
LGBLong Beach International Airport150 km

Distance from SAN to the major hubs

Route Distance Passengers / year
SAN → LHR8,828 km 236,094
SAN → DXB13,539 km —
SAN → CDG9,170 km —
SAN → FRA9,400 km —
SAN → IST11,099 km —
SAN → AMS9,033 km —
SAN → JFK3,936 km 709,493
SAN → ATL3,044 km 791,487
SAN → LAX176 km 277,603
SAN → SIN14,282 km —
SAN → HND9,002 km —
SAN → DOH13,476 km —

Runways

Runway Length Width Surface
09/272,865 m 61 mAsphalt

OurAirports (public domain). Sources

Location

San Diego, California, United States · 32.7336, -117.1900

Map (OpenStreetMap) Airport website Wikipedia

Questions

San Diego International Airport has the IATA code SAN and the ICAO code KSAN. Airlines and tickets use the three-letter IATA code; pilots and air traffic control use the four-letter ICAO code.

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