John Wayne Airport-Orange County in November 2023

84.2%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 November 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 3,675 domestic departures from John Wayne Airport-Orange County (SNA). 84.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 85.7% reached their destination on time; 0.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 86.0% of flights departed on time and 86.2% arrived on time, so SNA departures were 1.8 points below the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at SNA that month were on time 84.8% of the time (3,673 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 47%, air carrier 35% and national aviation system 16%.

On time 85.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 14.1%
Cancelled 0.2%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Nov 2023	Year earlier	SNA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2023
Departed on time	84.2%	—	78.9%	86.0%
Arrived on time	85.7%	—	80.3%	86.2%
Cancelled	0.2%	—	1.1%	0.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	10.9 min	—	15.2 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	123	—	124	18,793
Scheduled departures	3,675	—	45,231	563,777

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	1,271	35%	87.1%	-1.7 min	0.3%
UA United Airlines	490	13%	89.2%	-6.0 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	487	13%	86.7%	5.2 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	395	11%	89.1%	-6.3 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	381	10%	87.1%	-3.6 min	0.3%
OO SkyWest Airlines	327	9%	80.4%	5.3 min	0.6%
F9 Frontier Airlines	120	3%	76.7%	6.7 min	0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	108	3%	84.3%	1.0 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	96	3%	55.2%	27.1 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SNA–SEA	Santa Ana to Seattle	375	88.8%	-8.8 min	0.3%
SNA–SFO	Santa Ana to San Francisco	364	81.0%	3.0 min	0.5%
SNA–PHX	Santa Ana to Phoenix	354	85.6%	3.8 min	0.0%
SNA–LAS	Santa Ana to Las Vegas	353	83.3%	2.2 min	0.6%
SNA–DEN	Santa Ana to Denver	317	88.3%	-1.8 min	0.0%
SNA–SJC	Santa Ana to San Jose	239	89.1%	-2.8 min	0.4%
SNA–DFW	Santa Ana to Dallas/Fort Worth	236	88.1%	3.5 min	0.0%
SNA–OAK	Santa Ana to Oakland	235	86.8%	-3.7 min	0.0%
SNA–SMF	Santa Ana to Sacramento	188	91.0%	-4.5 min	0.5%
SNA–SLC	Santa Ana to Salt Lake City	145	85.5%	1.0 min	0.0%
SNA–ORD	Santa Ana to Chicago	142	84.5%	-2.4 min	0.0%
SNA–PDX	Santa Ana to Portland	119	84.0%	2.5 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), November 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	34.9%	42.5%	11,739
Late-arriving aircraft	47.3%	37.3%	15,894
National Aviation System	15.9%	16.2%	5,351
Extreme weather	1.9%	3.7%	627
Security	0.1%	0.3%	19

33,630 delay minutes on 517 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 November 2023?

84.2% of 3,675 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 85.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 86.0% and 86.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

November 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 November 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.