Historical on-time performance
Dallas to Santa Ana
1,216 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on DAL–SNA arrive on time 69% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate69%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay50 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled1.0%of scheduled flights
based on 307 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).
By airline
How each carrier compares
- Southwest AirlinesOn-time69%Medianon timep9050 minCancel1.0%Flights307
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline34%
- Weather3%
- Air traffic (NAS)9%
- Late aircraft54%
- Security0%
Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.
When flights don't go
Why flights were cancelled
- Airline0%
- Weather100%
- Air traffic (NAS)0%
- Security0%
Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 3 cancellations with a reported cause (BTS reports causes from June 2003).
Over time
On-time trend
By season
On-time rate by month
When to fly
Best time to fly DAL → SNA
All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-06 .. 2026-05).
Best time of day
On-time rates are fairly even by time of day on this route — ranging from 64% to 79% on time.
- Middays79% on time · p90 30 min · 493 flights
- Afternoons73% on time · p90 50 min · 249 flights
- Evenings64% on time · p90 50 min · 253 flights
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 65% to 80% on time.
- Mondays80% on time · p90 30 min · 156 flights · limited
- Tuesdays79% on time · p90 25 min · 156 flights · limited
- Wednesdays78% on time · p90 30 min · 156 flights · limited
- Saturdays76% on time · p90 25 min · 160 flights · limited
- Fridays70% on time · p90 50 min · 157 flights · limited
- Thursdays68% on time · p90 40 min · 155 flights · limited
- Sundays65% on time · p90 55 min · 162 flights · limited
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