Los Angeles (LAX) – San Antonio (SAT)
- Distance
- 1,948 km
- 1,210 mi · 1,052 nm
- Flight time
- 2 h 50 min / 3 h 12 min
- Average gate to gate: LAX → SAT / back
- Time difference
- 2 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 245 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (145 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 366,052
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −19.2%
- Flights / week
- 71
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 81%
- 449,783 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 4
- DL, WN, OO
Traffic: U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service), Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Distance: WGS-84 ellipsoid. CO2: UK DESNZ 2026 factors. Sources
The way there
- Heading from LAX
- 99°
- Heading from SAT
- 290°
- Halfway point
- 32.13, -108.20
- Great-circle km
- 1,945 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air LAX → SAT
- 2 h 28 min
- In the air SAT → LAX
- 2 h 47 min
- Clocks
- San Antonio is 2 h ahead of Los Angeles
The estimate for a route without real times is 3 h 5 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
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| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 37,811 |
| Sep 2025 | 33,180 |
| Oct 2025 | 35,108 |
| Nov 2025 | 33,743 |
| Dec 2025 | 37,779 |
| Jan 2026 | 22,335 |
| Feb 2026 | 20,213 |
| Mar 2026 | 26,277 |
| Apr 2026 | 25,574 |
| May 2026 | 28,657 |
| Jun 2026 | 32,079 |
| Jul 2026 | 33,296 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 363 |
| Sep 2025 | 310 |
| Oct 2025 | 334 |
| Nov 2025 | 349 |
| Dec 2025 | 356 |
| Jan 2026 | 258 |
| Feb 2026 | 242 |
| Mar 2026 | 290 |
| Apr 2026 | 295 |
| May 2026 | 295 |
| Jun 2026 | 291 |
| Jul 2026 | 301 |
Airlines flying LAX–SAT nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| DLDelta Air Lines | 26 | 40% |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 13 | 25% |
| OOSkyWest Airlines | 27 | 24% |
| NKSpirit Air Lines | 4.8 | 11% |
Both directions, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Airlines with at least one flight a month. U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service). Sources
Aircraft on this route
- Embraer ERJ-175 · 1,384 flights
- Airbus Industrie A319 · 1,254 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 274 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 273 flights
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 225 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 112 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 103 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-200n · 42 flights
Also carried: 152 tonnes of freight and 30 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 84.1%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 13 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 0.4%
- Flights counted
- 3,692
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| OOSkyWest Airlines | 88.3% | 11 min |
| DLDelta Air Lines | 86.9% | 12 min |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 70% | 15 min |
| NKSpirit Air Lines | 82.9% | 16 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 55% · aircraft arriving late 35% · air traffic system 8% · weather 3% · security 0%.
Both directions, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. BTS Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance (US domestic flights of the larger US airlines). Sources
What passengers paid
- Average fare, Q1 2026
- $294
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $216
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Delta Air Lines
- 39% of passengers · $310
- Lowest-fare airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 24% of passengers · $277
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $197 · Q3 2025 $184 · Q4 2025 $218 · Q1 2026 $294).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $300, likely $260–$342
The average fare paid we expect a year after Q1 2026, the newest DOT quarter. On this route, past forecasts made this way fell inside the range 76% of the time over 21 quarters (median error 7.9%). An estimate from US DOT data: not a price you can book, not a guarantee, not advice on when to buy. How the outlook works
Cheapest quarter on this route: Q3, typically 5% below the year's average (9 years of DOT data, without 2020–21).
U.S. DOT Consumer Airfare Report, Table 1a (airline ticket sample, US domestic airport pairs). Sources
Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)
Measured by great-circle distance: 1,945 km.
Neither EU261 nor UK261 covers this route: it neither starts nor ends in the EU, EEA, Switzerland or the UK. Other countries have their own rules (for example Canada's APPR or Brazil's ANAC rules).
Also owed for a cancellation with less than 14 days' notice or denied boarding. Not owed for extraordinary circumstances. On a connection, the distance to the final destination counts. From 23 October 2027 the EU's Regulation 2026/2202 applies; it keeps these amounts (what changes in 2027). Information, not legal advice.