Historical on-time performance
Santa Ana to New York
2,454 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on SNA–JFK arrive on time 68% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate68%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay100 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled1.2%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-time68%Medianon timep90100 minCancel1.2%Flights343
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline33%
- Weather12%
- Air traffic (NAS)29%
- Late aircraft27%
- 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 → JFK
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 71% on time.
- Middays71% on time · p90 65 min · 1,010 flights
- Afternoons64% on time · p90 60 min · 88 flights · limited
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 64% to 74% on time.
- Mondays74% on time · p90 55 min · 158 flights · limited
- Thursdays73% on time · p90 60 min · 155 flights · limited
- Wednesdays73% on time · p90 55 min · 157 flights · limited
- Tuesdays72% on time · p90 55 min · 156 flights · limited
- Fridays69% on time · p90 65 min · 157 flights · limited
- Saturdays67% on time · p90 85 min · 157 flights · limited
- Sundays64% on time · p90 100 min · 158 flights · limited
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