Looking at data from RadarBox, it is evident that San Diego International Airport (SAN) has surpassed its pre-pandemic levels.
In this article we’ll dive into the data from RadarBox which showcases San Diego’s current traffic levels compared to what the airport saw in 2019 pre-pandemic.
San Diego Airport Traffic Levels
In terms of movements from 2019, during the week running throughout December San Diego (SAN) was handling an average daily movements of 618 flights.
In the wake of the COVID-19 Pandemic the U.S. west coast airport saw the same period in 2020 drop to 348 average daily movements, which was a decline of -43.69%.
However, looking into now 2023, the airport is now back in its growth phase currently handling an average of 628 daily movements.
Diving into the details surrounding their daily movements, the busiest routes for San Diego are as follows:
- Las Vegas with 42 daily flights.
- San Francisco with 37 daily flights.
- San Jose with 33 daily flights.
- Phoenix with 32 daily flights.
- Sacramento with 30 daily flights.
- Denver with 30 daily flights.
- Seattle with 25 daily flights.
- Oakland with 23 daily flights.
- Dallas-Fort Worth with 19 daily flights.
- New York with 15 daily flights.
In terms of San Diego’s most active carriers, the details are as follows:
- Southwest Airlines tops at 202 average daily services.
- Alaska Airlines averages 96 daily services.
- Delta Air Lines averages 61 daily services.
- United Airlines averages 61 daily services.
- American Airlines averages 46 daily services.
- Frontier Airlines averages 14 daily services.
- NetJets averages 12 daily services.
- Spirit Airlines averages 11 daily services.
- JetBlue averages 11 daily services.
- Skywest averages 10 daily services.
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