John Wayne Airport-Orange County in October 2024

85.4%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 October 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 3,674 domestic departures from John Wayne Airport-Orange County (SNA). 85.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 85.5% reached their destination on time; 0.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.5% of flights departed on time and 85.8% arrived on time, so SNA departures were level with the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in October 2023, the airport had 3,847 departures with 82.9% leaving on time: a change of +2.5 points, with flights down 4%.

Flights arriving at SNA that month were on time 86.9% of the time (3,674 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 47%, air carrier 33% and national aviation system 17%.

On time 85.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 14.1%
Cancelled 0.4%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2024	Oct 2023	SNA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2024
Departed on time	85.4%	82.9%	78.9%	85.5%
Arrived on time	85.5%	83.7%	80.3%	85.8%
Cancelled	0.4%	0.3%	1.1%	1.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	10.3 min	11.9 min	15.2 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	123	128	124	20,517
Scheduled departures	3,674	3,847	45,231	615,497

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	1,181	32%	86.8%	-1.9 min	0.3%
AA American Airlines	544	15%	84.7%	1.6 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	514	14%	90.5%	-4.3 min	0.2%
DL Delta Air Lines	418	11%	86.6%	0.6 min	0.2%
AS Alaska Airlines	372	10%	89.0%	-4.1 min	0.8%
OO SkyWest Airlines	372	10%	72.0%	9.6 min	1.1%
NK Spirit Airlines	99	3%	87.9%	2.5 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	91	2%	79.1%	1.1 min	1.1%
G4 Allegiant Air	83	2%	85.5%	18.3 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SNA–SFO	Santa Ana to San Francisco	427	74.2%	8.0 min	0.9%
SNA–PHX	Santa Ana to Phoenix	351	83.5%	3.1 min	0.3%
SNA–SEA	Santa Ana to Seattle	348	87.6%	-4.3 min	0.9%
SNA–DEN	Santa Ana to Denver	308	91.2%	-6.6 min	0.0%
SNA–LAS	Santa Ana to Las Vegas	300	82.7%	1.5 min	0.0%
SNA–DFW	Santa Ana to Dallas/Fort Worth	229	85.6%	1.1 min	0.0%
SNA–SJC	Santa Ana to San Jose	225	88.0%	-2.6 min	0.9%
SNA–OAK	Santa Ana to Oakland	223	91.5%	-6.8 min	0.4%
SNA–SMF	Santa Ana to Sacramento	181	86.2%	-0.3 min	0.0%
SNA–ORD	Santa Ana to Chicago	166	87.3%	0.4 min	0.0%
SNA–SLC	Santa Ana to Salt Lake City	148	89.9%	-3.2 min	0.0%
SNA–PDX	Santa Ana to Portland	139	90.6%	-0.7 min	0.7%

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), October 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	33.4%	42.7%	10,907
Late-arriving aircraft	46.9%	37.4%	15,326
National Aviation System	17.4%	16.3%	5,703
Extreme weather	2.1%	3.4%	679
Security	0.2%	0.2%	81

32,696 delay minutes on 518 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 October 2024?

85.4% of 3,674 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 85.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.5% and 85.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2023, 82.9% of 3,847 departures left on time and 0.3% were cancelled, against 85.4% and 0.4% in October 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for October 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.