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Airport month · August 2024
John Wayne Airport-Orange County in August 2024
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 August 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 3,707 domestic departures from John Wayne Airport-Orange County (SNA). 83.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 82.8% reached their destination on time; 0.6% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 75.4% of flights departed on time and 74.7% arrived on time, so SNA departures were 7.8 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in August 2023, the airport had 3,913 departures with 77.4% leaving on time: a change of +5.8 points, with flights down 5%.
Flights arriving at SNA that month were on time 83.8% of the time (3,708 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 46%, air carrier 30% and national aviation system 22%.
- On time 82.8%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 16.1%
- Cancelled 0.6%
- Diverted 0.5%
August 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Aug 2024 | Aug 2023 | SNA, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Aug 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 83.2% | 77.4% | 78.9% | 75.4% |
| Arrived on time | 82.8% | 79.0% | 80.3% | 74.7% |
| Cancelled | 0.6% | 2.7% | 1.1% | 2.1% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 12.2 min | 15.3 min | 15.2 min | 18.4 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 124 | 130 | 124 | 20,634 |
| Scheduled departures | 3,707 | 3,913 | 45,231 | 619,025 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 1,205 | 33% | 83.9% | 0.8 min | 0.3% |
| AA American Airlines | 533 | 14% | 83.3% | 2.6 min | 0.9% |
| UA United Airlines | 524 | 14% | 82.4% | 4.7 min | 0.2% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 446 | 12% | 84.5% | 2.5 min | 0.0% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 352 | 9% | 83.2% | 3.9 min | 0.0% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 341 | 9% | 83.0% | 3.8 min | 2.1% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 129 | 3% | 75.2% | 8.8 min | 3.9% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 94 | 3% | 70.2% | 21.8 min | 2.1% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 83 | 2% | 81.9% | 14.3 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SNA–SFO | Santa Ana to San Francisco | 379 | 83.1% | 3.7 min | 0.3% |
| SNA–PHX | Santa Ana to Phoenix | 357 | 84.6% | 0.2 min | 1.4% |
| SNA–SEA | Santa Ana to Seattle | 357 | 82.1% | 4.1 min | 1.1% |
| SNA–LAS | Santa Ana to Las Vegas | 315 | 76.8% | 10.0 min | 1.3% |
| SNA–DEN | Santa Ana to Denver | 310 | 82.9% | 2.2 min | 0.0% |
| SNA–OAK | Santa Ana to Oakland | 244 | 82.8% | 0.4 min | 0.8% |
| SNA–DFW | Santa Ana to Dallas/Fort Worth | 232 | 87.9% | 0.5 min | 0.0% |
| SNA–SJC | Santa Ana to San Jose | 222 | 89.2% | -4.3 min | 0.5% |
| SNA–SMF | Santa Ana to Sacramento | 186 | 83.3% | 1.8 min | 0.5% |
| SNA–ORD | Santa Ana to Chicago | 169 | 79.3% | 7.2 min | 0.0% |
| SNA–SLC | Santa Ana to Salt Lake City | 149 | 83.2% | 0.0 min | 0.0% |
| SNA–IAH | Santa Ana to Houston | 111 | 89.2% | -0.3 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left SNA on time in August 2024?
83.2% of 3,707 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 82.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.4% and 74.7%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In August 2023, 77.4% of 3,913 departures left on time and 2.7% were cancelled, against 83.2% and 0.6% in August 2024.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 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.