John Wayne Orange County International Airport (SNA) delays & on-time performance
Santa Ana, California · 39 nonstop destinations · 9 airlines · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
No FAA-reported ground stops or delays at SNA right now. Individual flights can still be delayed by the airline; check with your airline for your flight.
On-time arrivals
81%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
1.1%
483 flights
Avg arrival delay
14 min
72 min when late
Departed on time
80%
avg taxi-out 16 min
Figures cover 45,231 departures from SNA; on-time is measured at arrival. Arrivals into SNA were on time 81% of the time.
Key facts
- Flights departing John Wayne Orange County International Airport (SNA) arrived on time 81% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, better than the 78% national average.
- 1.1% were cancelled, and 6% arrived an hour or more late.
- Alaska Airlines was the most punctual airline here (90% on time); SkyWest Airlines was the least (74%).
- Departures scheduled around 6am did best (92% on time); around 2pm did worst (74%).
- The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (39%).
Most delayed routes from SNA
Lowest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- SFO · San Francisco68%4,777 flts
- PVU · Provo71%407 flts
- DAL · Dallas75%364 flts
- JFK · New York76%462 flts
- ORD · Chicago77%2,189 flts
- EWR · Newark80%1,091 flts
- DFW · Dallas/Fort Worth80%2,936 flts
- ATL · Atlanta81%1,033 flts
- STS · Santa Rosa81%745 flts
- MSP · Minneapolis82%577 flts
Most reliable routes from SNA
Highest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- PDX · Portland93%1,550 flts
- CLT · Charlotte90%364 flts
- IAH · Houston88%1,092 flts
- SLC · Salt Lake City87%1,856 flts
- SJC · San Jose87%2,676 flts
- SMF · Sacramento86%2,311 flts
- SEA · Seattle86%3,956 flts
- OAK · Oakland85%2,352 flts
- DEN · Denver84%3,686 flts
- LAS · Las Vegas83%4,146 flts
Best airline at SNA
Departures from this airport, ranked by on-time arrival.
| Airline | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Routes | Flights |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska Airlines | 90% | 1.1% | 6 min | 4 | 4,373 |
| Spirit Airlines | 89% | 1.7% | 10 min | 3 | 711 |
| Southwest Airlines | 83% | 0.6% | 9 min | 9 | 14,667 |
| Delta Air Lines | 82% | 1.1% | 17 min | 6 | 4,590 |
| United Airlines | 81% | 0.8% | 16 min | 5 | 6,105 |
| American Airlines | 80% | 2.0% | 20 min | 6 | 6,706 |
| Frontier Airlines | 78% | 1.2% | 20 min | 6 | 1,085 |
| SkyWest Airlines | 74% | 1.4% | 18 min | 6 | 5,739 |
| Allegiant Air | 72% | 1.0% | 39 min | 15 | 1,255 |
Best time to fly out of SNA
On-time arrival rate by scheduled departure hour (local time).
- 6am92%3,346 flts
- 7am90%3,896 flts
- 8am91%2,879 flts
- 9am85%2,982 flts
- 10am86%3,095 flts
- 11am80%3,733 flts
- 12pm79%3,670 flts
- 1pm77%3,094 flts
- 2pm74%2,988 flts
- 3pm79%2,358 flts
- 4pm76%2,597 flts
- 5pm80%2,564 flts
- 6pm74%3,127 flts
- 7pm75%2,554 flts
- 8pm74%1,330 flts
- 9pm89%1,018 flts
Monthly trend
Why departures were late
- Late-arriving aircraft39%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)32%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion25%
- Extreme weather4%
- Security0%
Data: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 (12 months). Latest month published by BTS: July 2026. How we calculate this.