Historical on-time performance
Minneapolis to Santa Ana
1,522 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on MSP–SNA arrive on time 68% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate68%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay50 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.7%of scheduled flights
based on 591 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).
By airline
How each carrier compares
- Delta Air LinesOn-time68%Medianon timep9050 minCancel0.7%Flights591
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline64%
- Weather1%
- Air traffic (NAS)17%
- Late aircraft18%
- 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 MSP → 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 72% to 82% on time.
- Mornings82% on time · p90 40 min · 166 flights · limited
- Middays76% on time · p90 40 min · 488 flights
- Evenings72% on time · p90 45 min · 1,077 flights
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 72% to 77% on time.
- Saturdays77% on time · p90 45 min · 161 flights · limited
- Mondays76% on time · p90 40 min · 297 flights
- Thursdays75% on time · p90 40 min · 296 flights
- Sundays74% on time · p90 35 min · 287 flights
- Fridays72% on time · p90 55 min · 297 flights
- Tuesdays72% on time · p90 55 min · 158 flights · limited
- Wednesdays72% on time · p90 45 min · 240 flights
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