Historical on-time performance
Santa Ana to Dallas
1,216 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on SNA–DAL arrive on time 80% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate80%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay25 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-time80%Medianon timep9025 minCancel1.0%Flights307
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline33%
- Weather0%
- Air traffic (NAS)24%
- Late aircraft43%
- 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 SNA → DAL
All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-01 .. 2025-12).
Best time of day
Mornings are the most reliable time of day to fly this route — 91% on time.
- Mornings91% on time · p90 5 min · 637 flights
- Middays72% on time · p90 35 min · 345 flights
- Afternoons57% on time · p90 60 min · 112 flights · limited
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 72% to 90% on time.
- Wednesdays90% on time · p90 10 min · 157 flights · limited
- Saturdays89% on time · p90 15 min · 159 flights · limited
- Tuesdays86% on time · p90 15 min · 157 flights · limited
- Mondays80% on time · p90 25 min · 157 flights · limited
- Fridays77% on time · p90 30 min · 156 flights · limited
- Thursdays76% on time · p90 40 min · 154 flights · limited
- Sundays72% on time · p90 45 min · 162 flights · limited
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