Historical on-time performance
New York to Santa Ana
2,454 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on JFK–SNA arrive on time 85% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate85%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay25 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.9%of scheduled flights
based on 343 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).
By airline
How each carrier compares
- American AirlinesOn-time85%Medianon timep9025 minCancel0.9%Flights343
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline56%
- Weather2%
- Air traffic (NAS)28%
- Late aircraft15%
- 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 JFK → SNA
All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-01 .. 2025-12).
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 82% to 93% on time.
- Tuesdays93% on time · p90 5 min · 156 flights · limited
- Thursdays90% on time · p90 15 min · 155 flights · limited
- Sundays88% on time · p90 20 min · 158 flights · limited
- Fridays88% on time · p90 15 min · 157 flights · limited
- Wednesdays87% on time · p90 15 min · 157 flights · limited
- Mondays85% on time · p90 25 min · 158 flights · limited
- Saturdays82% on time · p90 25 min · 157 flights · limited
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