The best bet has a stop: Southwest via Denver (6h 25m) reaches San Diego on time 86% of the time, against 72% on the nonstop.
Time of day × airport
Share of this route’s flights leaving within 15 minutes, by airport and scheduled departure hour, over Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Blank: no flights then (or fewer than 40 in the year).
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Airlines on this route
Arriving within 15 minutes. Regional flights count under the airline that sells them. Pick an airline to see its flights.
| Southwest | 193 | 72% | 0.0% | 43 min |
Flights, best and worst
Flights in the Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 schedule that ran 150+ times in the year. Times are local. Pick a flight for its history.
No flight on this route ran 150+ times in the year.
All 1 flights on this route →Nonstops by airline and airport
Arriving within 15 minutes, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Pick a row to see that airline’s flights on that airport pair.
| Southwest | MKE | SAN | 4h 20m | 72% | 0.0% | 193 | Flying now |
Alternatives with one stop
All connections →| SouthwestDetails → | MKE 05:15 → DEN 06:50WN 2942 | 1h 25m Denver | DEN 08:15 → SAN 09:40WN 1699 | 6h 25m | 100% | 86% |
| UnitedDetails → | MKE 05:00 → ORD 05:59UA 5799 · flown by SkyWest | 1h 02m Chicago | ORD 07:01 → SAN 09:29UA 2428 | 6h 29m | 82% | 76% |
| UnitedDetails → | MKE 08:16 → DEN 10:05UA 5558 · flown by SkyWest | 1h 10m Denver | DEN 11:15 → SAN 12:41UA 1940 | 6h 25m | 92% | 76% |
About this data: US DOT on-time records, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, all US airlines; regional flights count under the airline that sells them. Schedules (which flights and connections exist, and their times) are as of Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026; seasonal flights outside that window aren’t ranked. Rebuilt monthly. JSON