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Airport month · August 2025
John Wayne Airport-Orange County in August 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 August 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 3,918 domestic departures from John Wayne Airport-Orange County (SNA). 79.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 79.3% reached their destination on time; 1.0% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 76.8% of flights departed on time and 76.3% arrived on time, so SNA departures were 2.7 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in August 2024, the airport had 3,707 departures with 83.2% leaving on time: a change of −3.7 points, with flights up 6%.
Flights arriving at SNA that month were on time 80.1% of the time (3,917 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 41%, air carrier 35% and national aviation system 20%.
- On time 79.3%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.1%
- Cancelled 1.0%
- Diverted 0.6%
August 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Aug 2025 | Aug 2024 | SNA, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 79.5% | 83.2% | 78.9% | 76.8% |
| Arrived on time | 79.3% | 82.8% | 80.3% | 76.3% |
| Cancelled | 1.0% | 0.6% | 1.1% | 1.1% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 15.8 min | 12.2 min | 15.2 min | 17.6 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 131 | 124 | 124 | 20,079 |
| Scheduled departures | 3,918 | 3,707 | 45,231 | 602,378 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 1,271 | 32% | 82.5% | 2.1 min | 0.5% |
| AA American Airlines | 571 | 15% | 72.2% | 20.6 min | 2.8% |
| UA United Airlines | 517 | 13% | 77.8% | 9.7 min | 1.7% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 468 | 12% | 82.1% | 0.0 min | 0.2% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 415 | 11% | 79.8% | 7.0 min | 0.5% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 386 | 10% | 81.9% | 0.1 min | 1.3% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 103 | 3% | 64.1% | 50.2 min | 1.0% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 102 | 3% | 82.4% | 10.8 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 85 | 2% | 75.3% | 10.2 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SNA–SFO | Santa Ana to San Francisco | 425 | 81.6% | 0.8 min | 0.5% |
| SNA–LAS | Santa Ana to Las Vegas | 372 | 82.8% | 4.1 min | 0.0% |
| SNA–PHX | Santa Ana to Phoenix | 367 | 82.6% | 4.4 min | 0.0% |
| SNA–SEA | Santa Ana to Seattle | 358 | 74.3% | 7.3 min | 0.8% |
| SNA–DEN | Santa Ana to Denver | 312 | 73.1% | 8.8 min | 1.6% |
| SNA–DFW | Santa Ana to Dallas/Fort Worth | 255 | 72.2% | 24.8 min | 5.1% |
| SNA–SJC | Santa Ana to San Jose | 219 | 88.6% | -4.2 min | 0.5% |
| SNA–SMF | Santa Ana to Sacramento | 209 | 90.4% | -2.2 min | 0.5% |
| SNA–OAK | Santa Ana to Oakland | 206 | 84.5% | 1.1 min | 1.0% |
| SNA–ORD | Santa Ana to Chicago | 206 | 68.9% | 18.9 min | 2.9% |
| SNA–SLC | Santa Ana to Salt Lake City | 147 | 89.8% | 1.9 min | 0.0% |
| SNA–PDX | Santa Ana to Portland | 133 | 91.0% | -7.6 min | 2.3% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left SNA on time in August 2025?
79.5% of 3,918 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 79.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.8% and 76.3%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In August 2024, 83.2% of 3,707 departures left on time and 0.6% were cancelled, against 79.5% and 1.0% in August 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 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.