On-Time Report

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Airport month · April 2025

John Wayne Airport-Orange County in April 2025

82.0%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 April 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 3,632 domestic departures from John Wayne Airport-Orange County (SNA). 82.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 82.2% reached their destination on time; 0.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.6% of flights departed on time and 79.5% arrived on time, so SNA departures were 1.4 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in April 2024, the airport had 3,598 departures with 79.8% leaving on time: a change of +2.2 points, with flights up 1%.

Flights arriving at SNA that month were on time 83.4% of the time (3,632 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 38%, air carrier 35% and national aviation system 22%.

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

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

MeasureApr 2025Apr 2024SNA, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Apr 2025
Departed on time82.0%79.8%78.9%80.6%
Arrived on time82.2%81.0%80.3%79.5%
Cancelled0.7%0.5%1.1%0.8%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)14.5 min14.4 min15.2 min14.1 min
Scheduled departures a day12112012419,465
Scheduled departures3,6323,59845,231583,950

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
WN Southwest Airlines1,16932%82.6%1.9 min0.6%
AA American Airlines56115%81.3%5.6 min1.4%
UA United Airlines53215%83.6%5.1 min0.2%
OO SkyWest Airlines40911%77.5%6.2 min1.0%
DL Delta Air Lines35110%80.1%11.9 min0.9%
AS Alaska Airlines34810%91.4%-4.3 min0.6%
NK Spirit Airlines902%93.3%-6.2 min0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines882%81.8%2.9 min0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air842%56.0%73.4 min1.2%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
SNA–LASSanta Ana to Las Vegas37480.5%2.8 min0.5%
SNA–PHXSanta Ana to Phoenix35985.5%2.7 min0.3%
SNA–SFOSanta Ana to San Francisco35977.7%5.0 min1.1%
SNA–DENSanta Ana to Denver30778.8%8.2 min0.7%
SNA–SEASanta Ana to Seattle30488.8%-4.8 min0.3%
SNA–DFWSanta Ana to Dallas/Fort Worth23978.2%10.2 min2.1%
SNA–OAKSanta Ana to Oakland22289.2%-3.3 min0.0%
SNA–SJCSanta Ana to San Jose21584.7%0.1 min0.5%
SNA–ORDSanta Ana to Chicago19584.6%0.4 min0.5%
SNA–SMFSanta Ana to Sacramento18082.2%1.7 min0.6%
SNA–SLCSanta Ana to Salt Lake City14685.6%5.8 min0.7%
SNA–PDXSanta Ana to Portland12095.0%-4.7 min0.0%

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), April 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Apr 2025Minutes
Air carrier34.7%32.7%16,484
Late-arriving aircraft37.9%39.4%18,018
National Aviation System22.2%22.2%10,530
Extreme weather5.2%5.5%2,471
Security0.0%0.2%0
47,503 delay minutes on 614 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 April 2025?

82.0% of 3,632 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 82.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.6% and 79.5%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In April 2024, 79.8% of 3,598 departures left on time and 0.5% were cancelled, against 82.0% and 0.7% in April 2025.

Provenance

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