On-Time Report

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Airport month · January 2025

John Wayne Airport-Orange County in January 2025

82.7%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 January 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 3,478 domestic departures from John Wayne Airport-Orange County (SNA). 82.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 83.2% reached their destination on time; 1.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.3% of flights departed on time and 78.6% arrived on time, so SNA departures were 3.4 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in January 2024, the airport had 3,642 departures with 81.5% leaving on time: a change of +1.2 points, with flights down 5%.

Flights arriving at SNA that month were on time 82.7% of the time (3,478 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 50%, air carrier 32% and national aviation system 13%.

Every scheduled departure from SNA in January 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

MeasureJan 2025Jan 2024SNA, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Jan 2025
Departed on time82.7%81.5%78.9%79.3%
Arrived on time83.2%80.9%80.3%78.6%
Cancelled1.7%1.1%1.1%3.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)14.6 min14.0 min15.2 min14.0 min
Scheduled departures a day11612112417,992
Scheduled departures3,4783,64245,231539,747

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
WN Southwest Airlines1,11932%86.8%-2.3 min1.7%
AA American Airlines53815%82.2%5.8 min3.0%
UA United Airlines48814%84.0%5.1 min0.8%
AS Alaska Airlines35910%85.0%2.6 min1.4%
DL Delta Air Lines35910%80.8%10.9 min0.8%
OO SkyWest Airlines33510%81.2%3.3 min2.7%
NK Spirit Airlines1033%84.5%1.0 min0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines943%72.3%7.6 min1.1%
G4 Allegiant Air832%59.0%25.0 min3.6%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
SNA–PHXSanta Ana to Phoenix35686.8%-1.2 min0.8%
SNA–LASSanta Ana to Las Vegas33979.6%5.5 min1.2%
SNA–SFOSanta Ana to San Francisco30380.2%2.2 min1.7%
SNA–SEASanta Ana to Seattle30084.3%4.1 min1.0%
SNA–DENSanta Ana to Denver27683.0%2.7 min0.0%
SNA–DFWSanta Ana to Dallas/Fort Worth24076.3%0.2 min6.3%
SNA–SJCSanta Ana to San Jose21487.9%-6.9 min3.3%
SNA–OAKSanta Ana to Oakland20387.2%-7.1 min2.5%
SNA–ORDSanta Ana to Chicago17982.7%15.1 min0.0%
SNA–SMFSanta Ana to Sacramento17892.7%-5.1 min1.1%
SNA–SLCSanta Ana to Salt Lake City12882.0%2.4 min0.8%
SNA–IAHSanta Ana to Houston12086.7%2.3 min3.3%

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), January 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Jan 2025Minutes
Air carrier32.0%36.2%14,596
Late-arriving aircraft49.7%34.7%22,691
National Aviation System13.4%19.9%6,102
Extreme weather4.8%9.1%2,197
Security0.1%0.2%59
45,645 delay minutes on 520 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.
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Questions and answers

How many flights left SNA on time in January 2025?

82.7% of 3,478 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 83.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.3% and 78.6%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In January 2024, 81.5% of 3,642 departures left on time and 1.1% were cancelled, against 82.7% and 1.7% in January 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2025; 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.