Historical on-time performance
Atlanta to Santa Ana
1,919 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on ATL–SNA arrive on time 72% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate72%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay45 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.8%of scheduled flights
based on 1,073 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).
By airline
How each carrier compares
- Delta Air LinesOn-time72%Medianon timep9045 minCancel0.8%Flights1,073
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline54%
- Weather10%
- Air traffic (NAS)25%
- Late aircraft11%
- Security0%
Most delay minutes here are attributed to Airline.
Over time
On-time trend
By season
On-time rate by month
When to fly
Best time to fly ATL → SNA
All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-01 .. 2025-12).
Best time of day
On-time rates are fairly even by time of day on this route — ranging from 73% to 78% on time.
- Afternoons78% on time · p90 40 min · 232 flights
- Overnights77% on time · p90 25 min · 772 flights
- Mornings76% on time · p90 35 min · 900 flights
- Evenings75% on time · p90 45 min · 635 flights
- Middays73% on time · p90 40 min · 605 flights
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 72% to 81% on time.
- Tuesdays81% on time · p90 30 min · 380 flights
- Wednesdays80% on time · p90 25 min · 393 flights
- Saturdays79% on time · p90 30 min · 356 flights
- Thursdays73% on time · p90 35 min · 508 flights
- Mondays73% on time · p90 35 min · 495 flights
- Fridays73% on time · p90 40 min · 510 flights
- Sundays72% on time · p90 40 min · 502 flights
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