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Airport month · December 2024
John Wayne Airport-Orange County in December 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 December 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 3,649 domestic departures from John Wayne Airport-Orange County (SNA). 79.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.6% reached their destination on time; 0.9% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 77.8% of flights departed on time and 78.1% arrived on time, so SNA departures were 1.9 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in December 2023, the airport had 3,631 departures with 85.7% leaving on time: a change of −6.0 points, with flights up 0%.
Flights arriving at SNA that month were on time 81.1% of the time (3,651 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 52%, air carrier 29% and national aviation system 16%.
- On time 80.6%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.3%
- Cancelled 0.9%
- Diverted 0.2%
December 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Dec 2024 | Dec 2023 | SNA, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 79.7% | 85.7% | 78.9% | 77.8% |
| Arrived on time | 80.6% | 87.3% | 80.3% | 78.1% |
| Cancelled | 0.9% | 0.6% | 1.1% | 0.7% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 18.5 min | 10.4 min | 15.2 min | 16.6 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 122 | 121 | 124 | 19,686 |
| Scheduled departures | 3,649 | 3,631 | 45,231 | 590,581 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 1,256 | 34% | 82.3% | 2.2 min | 1.8% |
| AA American Airlines | 511 | 14% | 80.2% | 17.7 min | 0.6% |
| UA United Airlines | 486 | 13% | 82.3% | 4.9 min | 0.2% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 404 | 11% | 81.2% | 12.1 min | 0.0% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 371 | 10% | 81.4% | 6.4 min | 0.0% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 300 | 8% | 70.3% | 14.5 min | 2.0% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 132 | 4% | 85.6% | 8.1 min | 0.8% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 107 | 3% | 84.1% | -0.6 min | 0.0% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 82 | 2% | 65.9% | 60.7 min | 1.2% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SNA–PHX | Santa Ana to Phoenix | 382 | 81.7% | 3.7 min | 1.6% |
| SNA–SFO | Santa Ana to San Francisco | 355 | 71.8% | 12.1 min | 2.0% |
| SNA–LAS | Santa Ana to Las Vegas | 317 | 86.1% | 1.5 min | 0.9% |
| SNA–SEA | Santa Ana to Seattle | 314 | 84.1% | 8.2 min | 0.0% |
| SNA–DEN | Santa Ana to Denver | 288 | 88.5% | -3.2 min | 0.0% |
| SNA–OAK | Santa Ana to Oakland | 244 | 81.6% | 2.4 min | 2.9% |
| SNA–SJC | Santa Ana to San Jose | 240 | 83.8% | -0.9 min | 2.5% |
| SNA–DFW | Santa Ana to Dallas/Fort Worth | 222 | 76.1% | 20.0 min | 0.9% |
| SNA–SMF | Santa Ana to Sacramento | 199 | 77.9% | 8.4 min | 1.0% |
| SNA–ORD | Santa Ana to Chicago | 169 | 85.8% | 10.4 min | 0.0% |
| SNA–SLC | Santa Ana to Salt Lake City | 150 | 82.0% | 4.7 min | 0.0% |
| SNA–PDX | Santa Ana to Portland | 132 | 78.8% | 13.3 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left SNA on time in December 2024?
79.7% of 3,649 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.8% and 78.1%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In December 2023, 85.7% of 3,631 departures left on time and 0.6% were cancelled, against 79.7% and 0.9% in December 2024.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for December 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.