Historical on-time performance
Santa Ana to Atlanta
1,919 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on SNA–ATL arrive on time 81% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate81%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay45 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.9%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-time81%Medianon timep9045 minCancel0.9%Flights1,073
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline66%
- Weather0%
- Air traffic (NAS)8%
- Late aircraft26%
- 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 SNA → ATL
All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-01 .. 2025-12).
Best time of day
Overnights are the most reliable time of day to fly this route — 89% on time.
- Overnights89% on time · p90 10 min · 543 flights
- Mornings86% on time · p90 20 min · 1,096 flights
- Afternoons80% on time · p90 30 min · 286 flights
- Middays75% on time · p90 45 min · 1,219 flights
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 76% to 86% on time.
- Tuesdays86% on time · p90 20 min · 380 flights
- Mondays84% on time · p90 25 min · 495 flights
- Wednesdays83% on time · p90 30 min · 393 flights
- Saturdays83% on time · p90 30 min · 356 flights
- Thursdays82% on time · p90 25 min · 508 flights
- Fridays80% on time · p90 40 min · 510 flights
- Sundays76% on time · p90 50 min · 502 flights
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