Holiday travel
Holiday travel at SAT
San Antonio International Airport, San Antonio, TX. July 2023 – July 2026. Set against SAT’s own ordinary days of the same weekday in the weeks around each holiday.
The five holidays at SAT
At SAT, Christmas to New Year’s ran furthest below ordinary days (−3.5 points) and July 4 furthest above (+5.8 points).
Each row pools every year of that holiday’s window at SAT and sets it against SAT’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 | 85.7%usual 85.7% | 0.0about the sameyears: 1 better, 1 about the same, 1 worse | 0.24%usual 0.45% | Sunday after (three of three) | Wednesday before (three of three) | −2.1worse |
| Christmas to New Year’s3 times in the data | 81.7%usual 85.2% | −3.5worseyears: 2 about the same, 1 worse | 0.78%usual 1.73% | Moved each year | Moved each year | −3.2worse |
| July 44 times in the data | 81.6%usual 75.8% | +5.8betteryears: 3 better, 1 about the same | 0.60%usual 1.61% | July 3 | July 1 | +5.2better |
| Memorial Day3 times in the data | 78.6%usual 78.2% | +0.4about the sameyears: 3 about the same | 1.94%usual 1.33% | Memorial Day (years pooled) | Sunday before (years pooled) | −0.3about the same |
| Labor Day3 times in the data | 84.4%usual 85.5% | −1.1about the sameyears: 2 about the same, 1 worse | 0.97%usual 0.69% | Sunday before (years pooled) | Labor Day (years pooled) | +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.