John Wayne Airport-Orange County in February 2025

82.8%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 February 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 3,186 domestic departures from John Wayne Airport-Orange County (SNA). 82.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 84.4% reached their destination on time; 1.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.2% of flights departed on time and 77.9% arrived on time, so SNA departures were 3.6 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2024, the airport had 3,408 departures with 80.7% leaving on time: a change of +2.1 points, with flights down 7%.

Flights arriving at SNA that month were on time 81.8% of the time (3,186 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 42%, air carrier 29% and national aviation system 23%.

On time 84.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 14.0%
Cancelled 1.4%
Diverted 0.3%

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

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

Measure	Feb 2025	Feb 2024	SNA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2025
Departed on time	82.8%	80.7%	78.9%	79.2%
Arrived on time	84.4%	82.6%	80.3%	77.9%
Cancelled	1.4%	0.8%	1.1%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	13.1 min	13.4 min	15.2 min	15.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	106	114	124	16,830
Scheduled departures	3,186	3,408	45,231	504,884

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	1,070	34%	86.8%	-2.8 min	1.1%
AA American Airlines	507	16%	86.6%	0.1 min	0.6%
UA United Airlines	440	14%	87.5%	-3.8 min	0.2%
DL Delta Air Lines	320	10%	83.1%	-2.8 min	0.3%
AS Alaska Airlines	310	10%	82.9%	-0.8 min	4.8%
OO SkyWest Airlines	296	9%	76.7%	13.8 min	2.7%
NK Spirit Airlines	84	3%	90.5%	-4.8 min	2.4%
F9 Frontier Airlines	82	3%	69.5%	8.0 min	1.2%
G4 Allegiant Air	77	2%	67.5%	46.7 min	2.6%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SNA–PHX	Santa Ana to Phoenix	344	88.1%	0.3 min	0.6%
SNA–LAS	Santa Ana to Las Vegas	317	80.4%	3.0 min	1.6%
SNA–SFO	Santa Ana to San Francisco	270	73.0%	16.4 min	2.6%
SNA–SEA	Santa Ana to Seattle	260	83.1%	-3.7 min	4.2%
SNA–DEN	Santa Ana to Denver	251	84.1%	-4.5 min	0.8%
SNA–DFW	Santa Ana to Dallas/Fort Worth	220	88.6%	-3.2 min	0.9%
SNA–SJC	Santa Ana to San Jose	207	89.4%	-7.0 min	1.9%
SNA–OAK	Santa Ana to Oakland	200	93.0%	-7.4 min	1.0%
SNA–SMF	Santa Ana to Sacramento	166	88.6%	-4.1 min	0.0%
SNA–ORD	Santa Ana to Chicago	160	85.6%	-8.9 min	0.0%
SNA–SLC	Santa Ana to Salt Lake City	112	86.6%	-6.0 min	0.0%
SNA–IAH	Santa Ana to Houston	108	95.4%	-6.5 min	0.0%

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), February 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	28.8%	33.9%	10,253
Late-arriving aircraft	42.2%	36.9%	15,012
National Aviation System	22.5%	22.5%	8,007
Extreme weather	6.1%	6.6%	2,184
Security	0.3%	0.1%	118

35,574 delay minutes on 445 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 February 2025?

82.8% of 3,186 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 84.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.2% and 77.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2024, 80.7% of 3,408 departures left on time and 0.8% were cancelled, against 82.8% and 1.4% in February 2025.

Provenance

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