Historical on-time performance
Dallas to Santa Ana
1,216 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on DAL–SNA arrive on time 76% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate76%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay45 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-time76%Medianon timep9045 minCancel1.0%Flights307
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline32%
- Weather4%
- Air traffic (NAS)10%
- Late aircraft54%
- Security0%
Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.
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 (2023-01 .. 2025-12).
Best time of day
On-time rates are fairly even by time of day on this route — ranging from 64% to 80% on time.
- Middays80% on time · p90 30 min · 504 flights
- Afternoons74% on time · p90 45 min · 302 flights
- Evenings70% on time · p90 35 min · 192 flights · limited
- Overnights64% on time · p90 35 min · 56 flights · limited
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 67% to 83% on time.
- Tuesdays83% on time · p90 20 min · 157 flights · limited
- Mondays83% on time · p90 30 min · 157 flights · limited
- Saturdays79% on time · p90 25 min · 159 flights · limited
- Wednesdays76% on time · p90 35 min · 157 flights · limited
- Fridays72% on time · p90 50 min · 156 flights · limited
- Thursdays69% on time · p90 35 min · 154 flights · limited
- Sundays67% on time · p90 45 min · 162 flights · limited
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