Holiday travel
Holiday travel at SAN
San Diego International Airport, San Diego, CA. July 2023 – July 2026. Set against SAN’s own ordinary days of the same weekday in the weeks around each holiday.
The five holidays at SAN
At SAN, Christmas to New Year’s ran furthest below ordinary days (−7.6 points) and Memorial Day furthest above (+7.5 points).
Each row pools every year of that holiday’s window at SAN and sets it against SAN’s own ordinary days of the same weekdays in the weeks around it. Open a holiday for its day-by-day figures.
| Holiday | On time | Gap from usual, points | Cancelled | Worst day | Best day | All airports, gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thanksgiving3 times in the data | 81.1%usual 78.3% | +2.8betteryears: 1 better, 1 about the same, 1 worse | 0.55%usual 1.70% | Sunday after (two of three) | Thanksgiving Day (two of three) | −2.1worse |
| Christmas to New Year’s3 times in the data | 73.3%usual 80.9% | −7.6worseyears: 1 better, 2 worse | 1.28%usual 2.14% | Moved each year | Moved each year | −3.2worse |
| July 44 times in the data | 78.7%usual 71.2% | +7.5betteryears: 4 better | 0.72%usual 1.18% | July 2 (two of four) | July 4 (two of four) | +5.2better |
| Memorial Day3 times in the data | 82.4%usual 74.9% | +7.5betteryears: 3 better | 0.85%usual 0.71% | Memorial Day (three of three) | Saturday before (two of three) | −0.3about the same |
| Labor Day3 times in the data | 80.0%usual 80.5% | −0.5about the sameyears: 1 better, 1 about the same, 1 worse | 0.55%usual 1.43% | Moved each year | Sunday before (two of three) | +4.2better |
A dash means fewer than 120 flights stood behind the figure, or behind the ordinary days it would be compared with: too few to print a rate, and nothing is estimated in its place. “Usual” is what ordinary days of the same weekday had at the same place in the weeks around the holiday, weighted by the flights being compared.