John Wayne Airport-Orange County in April 2024

79.8%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 April 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 3,598 domestic departures from John Wayne Airport-Orange County (SNA). 79.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.0% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.5% of flights departed on time and 80.2% arrived on time, so SNA departures were 0.7 points below the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at SNA that month were on time 81.9% of the time (3,598 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 41%, national aviation system 29% and air carrier 25%.

On time 81.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.2%
Cancelled 0.5%
Diverted 0.3%

Every scheduled departure from SNA in April 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

April 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Apr 2024	Year earlier	SNA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Apr 2024
Departed on time	79.8%	—	78.9%	80.5%
Arrived on time	81.0%	—	80.3%	80.2%
Cancelled	0.5%	—	1.1%	0.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	14.4 min	—	15.2 min	14.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	120	—	124	19,406
Scheduled departures	3,598	—	45,231	582,185

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	1,192	33%	84.0%	0.4 min	0.2%
AA American Airlines	580	16%	82.8%	4.7 min	0.3%
UA United Airlines	506	14%	84.2%	-3.2 min	0.4%
DL Delta Air Lines	393	11%	86.3%	5.4 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	347	10%	49.9%	29.2 min	2.9%
AS Alaska Airlines	317	9%	86.4%	1.0 min	0.3%
G4 Allegiant Air	90	3%	86.7%	-0.8 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	89	2%	76.4%	8.4 min	1.1%
NK Spirit Airlines	84	2%	91.7%	0.4 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SNA–PHX	Santa Ana to Phoenix	356	83.1%	4.2 min	0.0%
SNA–SFO	Santa Ana to San Francisco	347	44.4%	33.9 min	3.2%
SNA–DEN	Santa Ana to Denver	316	89.9%	-5.5 min	0.0%
SNA–SEA	Santa Ana to Seattle	308	87.3%	-2.0 min	0.3%
SNA–LAS	Santa Ana to Las Vegas	293	82.6%	3.6 min	0.0%
SNA–DFW	Santa Ana to Dallas/Fort Worth	249	80.3%	6.9 min	1.2%
SNA–SJC	Santa Ana to San Jose	218	84.4%	-2.4 min	0.9%
SNA–OAK	Santa Ana to Oakland	217	87.6%	-1.7 min	0.0%
SNA–ORD	Santa Ana to Chicago	204	84.3%	-3.2 min	0.0%
SNA–SMF	Santa Ana to Sacramento	182	83.5%	0.9 min	0.0%
SNA–SLC	Santa Ana to Salt Lake City	146	84.2%	10.4 min	0.0%
SNA–PDX	Santa Ana to Portland	111	88.3%	0.8 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), April 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Apr 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	25.0%	33.6%	11,456
Late-arriving aircraft	41.3%	41.0%	18,922
National Aviation System	29.1%	20.0%	13,348
Extreme weather	4.5%	5.1%	2,045
Security	0.1%	0.2%	33

45,804 delay minutes on 654 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 April 2024?

79.8% of 3,598 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.5% and 80.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

April 2023 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 April 2024; 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.