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Airport month · March 2025
John Wayne Airport-Orange County in March 2025
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 March 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 3,698 domestic departures from John Wayne Airport-Orange County (SNA). 82.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 83.0% reached their destination on time; 0.9% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 79.9% of flights departed on time and 79.3% arrived on time, so SNA departures were 2.9 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in March 2024, the airport had 3,790 departures with 78.3% leaving on time: a change of +4.5 points, with flights down 2%.
Flights arriving at SNA that month were on time 83.2% of the time (3,698 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 38%, air carrier 32% and national aviation system 22%.
- On time 83.0%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.8%
- Cancelled 0.9%
- Diverted 0.4%
March 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Mar 2025 | Mar 2024 | SNA, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 82.8% | 78.3% | 78.9% | 79.9% |
| Arrived on time | 83.0% | 78.2% | 80.3% | 79.3% |
| Cancelled | 0.9% | 0.7% | 1.1% | 1.2% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 12.5 min | 14.9 min | 15.2 min | 14.9 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 123 | 126 | 124 | 20,029 |
| Scheduled departures | 3,698 | 3,790 | 45,231 | 600,872 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 1,244 | 34% | 85.4% | -0.9 min | 0.8% |
| AA American Airlines | 600 | 16% | 79.3% | 4.7 min | 1.7% |
| UA United Airlines | 514 | 14% | 85.0% | 1.8 min | 0.2% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 366 | 10% | 86.6% | -1.6 min | 0.0% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 347 | 9% | 75.2% | 12.7 min | 1.7% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 344 | 9% | 84.9% | 0.6 min | 0.9% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 97 | 3% | 69.1% | 35.0 min | 3.1% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 95 | 3% | 74.7% | 4.7 min | 1.1% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 91 | 2% | 93.4% | -3.9 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SNA–PHX | Santa Ana to Phoenix | 411 | 82.2% | 3.1 min | 0.7% |
| SNA–LAS | Santa Ana to Las Vegas | 383 | 80.2% | 5.4 min | 0.5% |
| SNA–SFO | Santa Ana to San Francisco | 302 | 68.2% | 17.9 min | 2.0% |
| SNA–SEA | Santa Ana to Seattle | 290 | 87.9% | -4.1 min | 0.7% |
| SNA–DEN | Santa Ana to Denver | 286 | 87.8% | -5.2 min | 0.3% |
| SNA–DFW | Santa Ana to Dallas/Fort Worth | 267 | 80.5% | -0.1 min | 3.4% |
| SNA–OAK | Santa Ana to Oakland | 234 | 89.7% | -5.4 min | 0.9% |
| SNA–SJC | Santa Ana to San Jose | 233 | 88.4% | -4.3 min | 1.3% |
| SNA–SMF | Santa Ana to Sacramento | 193 | 85.0% | -0.9 min | 1.0% |
| SNA–ORD | Santa Ana to Chicago | 176 | 74.4% | 14.3 min | 0.0% |
| SNA–SLC | Santa Ana to Salt Lake City | 144 | 90.3% | 2.6 min | 0.0% |
| SNA–IAH | Santa Ana to Houston | 118 | 93.2% | -4.8 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left SNA on time in March 2025?
82.8% of 3,698 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 83.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.9% and 79.3%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In March 2024, 78.3% of 3,790 departures left on time and 0.7% were cancelled, against 82.8% and 0.9% in March 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for March 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.