San Diego departures back near normal: 20% late in the last hour
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- Resolved at 1:43 PM PDT
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Initial Observed
San Diego departures running late: 55% left 15+ min late in the last hour
Of 22 departures that took off between 11:43 AM and 12:43 PM PDT, 12 left at least 15 minutes late. San Diego typically sees 29% of departures in this hour leave that late (US DOT on-time data, last 12 published months, departures in the 12 PM hour). Measured by Tailodds from FAA flight data against airline schedules.
Evidence for this update
Measurement window 11:43 AM–12:43 PM PDT Sample 22 flights, 12 late (55%) Comparison 29% typical · US DOT on-time data, last 12 published months, departures in the 12 PM hour Median delay 25.0 min Method FAA wheels-off/on +/- median taxi (taxi_times) vs the FAA-filed airline schedule (flight_odds) Source event time Ingested Published here (2026-10-30 19:43 UTC) Sources Tailodds measurement of FAA flight data against airline schedules Provenance observed_ops observed-ops-v1 · config 2026-10-17.1 · writer template-v1 Was this useful? -
Recovery Observed
San Diego departures back near normal: 20% late in the last hour
What changed: late share 55% at worst → 20% now
Of 20 departures that took off between 12:43 PM and 1:43 PM PDT, 4 left at least 15 minutes late. San Diego typically sees 34% of departures in this hour leave that late (US DOT on-time data, last 12 published months, departures in the 1 PM hour). Measured by Tailodds from FAA flight data against airline schedules. The late share has stayed at or below 30% for 31 minutes across 16 checks, each with at least 12 flights and current data.
Evidence for this update
Measurement window 12:43 PM–1:43 PM PDT Sample 20 flights, 4 late (20%) Comparison 34% typical · US DOT on-time data, last 12 published months, departures in the 1 PM hour Median delay 1.0 min Method FAA wheels-off/on +/- median taxi (taxi_times) vs the FAA-filed airline schedule (flight_odds) Source event time Ingested Published here (2026-10-30 20:43 UTC) Sources Tailodds measurement of FAA flight data against airline schedules Provenance observed_ops observed-ops-v1 · config 2026-10-17.1 · writer template-v1 Was this useful?