OnTimeStats

Airport on-time performance

SNA

Santa Ana

Data through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
On-time rate80%flights departing here that arrived on time
Median delayon timetypical departure delay
p90 delay35 min1 in 10 departures is worsetail risk
Cancelled1.0%of scheduled departures
Left the gate on time81%departures that pushed back within 15 min of schedule (DepDel15)

based on 44,997 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

As a connection hub

Arriving here (inbound performance)

These figures reflect inbound flights arriving at this airport — relevant for connections and layovers.

80%arrived on time here
(within 15 min, inbound flights)
  • On time80%
  • 15–59 min late14%
  • 1–2 hr late3%
  • 2 hr+ late1%
  • Cancelled or diverted1%

Arrival outcomes for inbound flights. Last segment = cancelled or diverted.

Bad day: 1 in 10 flights arrives more than 30 min late.

By airline

Carriers departing here (last 12 months)

Delay = arrival delay (ArrDel15-based)

  • Spirit Airlinesbest
    On-time89%
    Medianon time
    p9015 min
    Cancel0.5%
    Flights1,044
  • Alaska Airlines
    On-time85%
    Medianon time
    p9020 min
    Cancel1.5%
    Flights4,200
  • Frontier Airlines
    On-time83%
    Medianon time
    p9025 min
    Cancel0.4%
    Flights244
  • Southwest Airlines
    On-time82%
    Medianon time
    p9030 min
    Cancel0.8%
    Flights14,348
  • Delta Air Lines
    On-time82%
    Medianon time
    p9035 min
    Cancel0.7%
    Flights4,323
  • United Airlines
    On-time81%
    Medianon time
    p9040 min
    Cancel0.6%
    Flights6,168
  • American Airlines
    On-time78%
    Medianon time
    p9045 min
    Cancel1.7%
    Flights6,615
  • SkyWest Airlines
    On-time78%
    Medianon time
    p9045 min
    Cancel1.4%
    Flights5,042
  • Allegiant Air
    On-time49%
    Median15 min
    p90165 min
    Cancel1.3%
    Flights232

Over time

Departure on-time trend

By season

On-time rate by month

Where flights go

Busiest routes

SNA → PHX→SNA → SFO→SNA → SJC→SNA → LAS→SNA → DEN→SNA → DFW→SNA → OAK→SNA → SEA→SNA → ORD→SNA → SMF→
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Methodology

A flight is on time when it arrives within 15 minutes of schedule — the US DOT / BTS standard. Median and p90(the “1-in-10 bad day”) are read from the full arrival-delay distribution, never averaged across periods.

Figures cover a carrier’s own BTS-coded flights. Cells below ~200 flights are flagged as limited data. All numbers are pre-computed from public BTS On-Time Performance data.