While San Diego International Airport (SAN) is not known for its wide-reaching international flight network, the airport is home to more than several flights outside of the United States and even North America. In fact, SAN is not among the top 20 most connected airports in North America, with the 20th airport, San Francisco International Airport (SFO), having a total of 145 destinations in 2024, of which 55 are international, according to data from the aviation analytics company Cirium . Boston Logan International Airport (BOS) was ranked 19th with a total of 145 destinations as well, yet the East Coast airport has 60 international destinations, ranking it higher than SFO.
San Diego’s North American international network Nevertheless, SAN has a total of eight international destinations in September. As such, there are 61 weekly flights departing the airport for flights beyond the US, resulting in 10,455 weekly seats and 63.5 million available seat kilometers (ASK), Cirium data showed.
Out of the eight, four are bound for Canadian airports, as shown by the map below. Out of the four Canadian destinations, Vancouver International Airport (YVR) has the most significant number of weekly departures out of SAN, namely 16. 14 of those are marketed by Air Canada and operated by Jazz with a Mitsubishi CRJ900, while the remaining two are WestJet itineraries operated by either the Boeing 737 MAX 8 or 737-700.
Air Canada has also scheduled daily flights from SAN to Montréal-Pierre E.