John Wayne Airport-Orange County in September 2023

82.7%departed on time

BTS: A flight is counted as on time if it arrived less than 15 minutes after its scheduled time. Only carriers with at least 0.5 percent of domestic scheduled passenger revenue report.

In September 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 3,765 domestic departures from John Wayne Airport-Orange County (SNA). 82.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 84.9% reached their destination on time; 0.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.5% of flights departed on time and 80.1% arrived on time, so SNA departures were 2.2 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at SNA that month were on time 83.0% of the time (3,762 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 52%, air carrier 29% and national aviation system 17%.

On time 84.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 14.1%
Cancelled 0.8%
Diverted 0.3%

Every scheduled departure from SNA in September 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

September 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Sep 2023	Year earlier	SNA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2023
Departed on time	82.7%	—	78.9%	80.5%
Arrived on time	84.9%	—	80.3%	80.1%
Cancelled	0.8%	—	1.1%	1.2%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	13.3 min	—	15.2 min	14.1 min
Scheduled departures a day	126	—	124	18,978
Scheduled departures	3,765	—	45,231	569,338

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	1,218	32%	84.3%	1.9 min	0.7%
UA United Airlines	553	15%	88.4%	-4.8 min	1.4%
AA American Airlines	529	14%	85.8%	8.7 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	417	11%	87.3%	-0.3 min	0.7%
OO SkyWest Airlines	383	10%	77.3%	4.9 min	0.8%
AS Alaska Airlines	376	10%	89.4%	-4.7 min	1.3%
F9 Frontier Airlines	120	3%	79.2%	3.2 min	0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	120	3%	78.3%	12.2 min	0.8%
G4 Allegiant Air	49	1%	81.6%	17.9 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SNA–SFO	Santa Ana to San Francisco	410	79.5%	3.6 min	0.7%
SNA–SEA	Santa Ana to Seattle	383	86.7%	-2.9 min	1.6%
SNA–LAS	Santa Ana to Las Vegas	356	78.7%	6.7 min	2.5%
SNA–PHX	Santa Ana to Phoenix	328	85.1%	14.2 min	0.0%
SNA–DEN	Santa Ana to Denver	313	87.5%	-6.0 min	0.3%
SNA–DFW	Santa Ana to Dallas/Fort Worth	278	87.8%	0.6 min	0.0%
SNA–OAK	Santa Ana to Oakland	228	85.5%	1.8 min	0.0%
SNA–SJC	Santa Ana to San Jose	221	83.7%	3.1 min	0.5%
SNA–ORD	Santa Ana to Chicago	192	89.1%	-0.4 min	0.0%
SNA–SMF	Santa Ana to Sacramento	179	85.5%	1.5 min	0.0%
SNA–SLC	Santa Ana to Salt Lake City	144	87.5%	1.9 min	0.0%
SNA–IAH	Santa Ana to Houston	117	94.0%	-14.9 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), September 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	29.3%	36.4%	11,756
Late-arriving aircraft	52.0%	38.3%	20,848
National Aviation System	16.8%	19.9%	6,726
Extreme weather	1.9%	5.1%	775
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

40,105 delay minutes on 530 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

How many flights left SNA on time in September 2023?

82.7% of 3,765 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 84.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.5% and 80.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

September 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for September 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for SNA · methodology · corrections.