John Wayne Airport-Orange County in June 2024

78.1%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 June 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 3,551 domestic departures from John Wayne Airport-Orange County (SNA). 78.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 79.4% reached their destination on time; 1.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 73.7% of flights departed on time and 73.9% arrived on time, so SNA departures were 4.4 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at SNA that month were on time 77.6% of the time (3,551 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 47%, air carrier 30% and national aviation system 21%.

On time 79.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.8%
Cancelled 1.2%
Diverted 0.6%

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

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

Measure	Jun 2024	Year earlier	SNA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jun 2024
Departed on time	78.1%	—	78.9%	73.7%
Arrived on time	79.4%	—	80.3%	73.9%
Cancelled	1.2%	—	1.1%	1.3%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	15.1 min	—	15.2 min	19.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	118	—	124	20,371
Scheduled departures	3,551	—	45,231	611,132

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	1,156	33%	82.7%	2.1 min	0.6%
AA American Airlines	539	15%	77.6%	11.5 min	2.0%
UA United Airlines	530	15%	80.4%	2.0 min	1.1%
DL Delta Air Lines	432	12%	83.1%	3.3 min	0.2%
AS Alaska Airlines	308	9%	84.1%	1.0 min	2.3%
OO SkyWest Airlines	285	8%	68.8%	13.2 min	0.7%
G4 Allegiant Air	107	3%	63.6%	18.8 min	2.8%
NK Spirit Airlines	104	3%	76.9%	3.0 min	2.9%
F9 Frontier Airlines	90	3%	65.6%	11.7 min	4.4%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SNA–PHX	Santa Ana to Phoenix	354	80.5%	5.0 min	0.8%
SNA–SEA	Santa Ana to Seattle	332	81.6%	4.5 min	2.1%
SNA–DEN	Santa Ana to Denver	313	78.9%	3.6 min	0.0%
SNA–LAS	Santa Ana to Las Vegas	296	78.7%	3.3 min	1.4%
SNA–SFO	Santa Ana to San Francisco	288	68.1%	12.3 min	1.4%
SNA–DFW	Santa Ana to Dallas/Fort Worth	241	73.0%	9.1 min	2.5%
SNA–OAK	Santa Ana to Oakland	219	83.1%	1.6 min	1.4%
SNA–SJC	Santa Ana to San Jose	211	84.8%	0.9 min	0.5%
SNA–SMF	Santa Ana to Sacramento	179	81.0%	3.4 min	1.1%
SNA–ORD	Santa Ana to Chicago	172	86.6%	-4.1 min	0.6%
SNA–SLC	Santa Ana to Salt Lake City	144	88.2%	-3.8 min	0.0%
SNA–IAH	Santa Ana to Houston	120	83.3%	2.6 min	0.8%

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), June 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jun 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	30.1%	34.4%	13,497
Late-arriving aircraft	47.2%	41.5%	21,214
National Aviation System	21.2%	17.8%	9,515
Extreme weather	1.5%	6.0%	673
Security	0.0%	0.2%	8

44,907 delay minutes on 666 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 June 2024?

78.1% of 3,551 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 79.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 73.7% and 73.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

June 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 June 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.