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Airport month · September 2025
John Wayne Airport-Orange County in September 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 September 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 3,751 domestic departures from John Wayne Airport-Orange County (SNA). 82.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 83.9% reached their destination on time; 0.6% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 82.8% arrived on time, so SNA departures were level with the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in September 2024, the airport had 3,516 departures with 85.5% leaving on time: a change of −2.6 points, with flights up 7%.
Flights arriving at SNA that month were on time 82.4% of the time (3,752 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 46%, air carrier 28% and national aviation system 23%.
- On time 83.9%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.2%
- Cancelled 0.6%
- Diverted 0.3%
September 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Sep 2025 | Sep 2024 | SNA, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 82.9% | 85.5% | 78.9% | 83.1% |
| Arrived on time | 83.9% | 85.6% | 80.3% | 82.8% |
| Cancelled | 0.6% | 0.5% | 1.1% | 0.5% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 11.3 min | 10.9 min | 15.2 min | 12.2 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 125 | 117 | 124 | 18,748 |
| Scheduled departures | 3,751 | 3,516 | 45,231 | 562,439 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 1,249 | 33% | 82.9% | 3.0 min | 0.7% |
| AA American Airlines | 531 | 14% | 82.7% | 1.0 min | 1.5% |
| UA United Airlines | 506 | 13% | 84.8% | -2.6 min | 0.2% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 488 | 13% | 81.4% | 0.5 min | 0.2% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 414 | 11% | 84.1% | 3.6 min | 0.0% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 361 | 10% | 92.2% | -8.3 min | 0.6% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 84 | 2% | 76.2% | 6.7 min | 0.0% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 63 | 2% | 90.5% | -5.9 min | 1.6% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 55 | 1% | 78.2% | 28.3 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SNA–SFO | Santa Ana to San Francisco | 436 | 79.8% | 0.0 min | 0.2% |
| SNA–PHX | Santa Ana to Phoenix | 351 | 84.9% | 0.8 min | 2.0% |
| SNA–LAS | Santa Ana to Las Vegas | 347 | 77.2% | 7.0 min | 0.6% |
| SNA–SEA | Santa Ana to Seattle | 330 | 88.2% | -6.8 min | 0.6% |
| SNA–DEN | Santa Ana to Denver | 313 | 85.6% | 0.9 min | 0.0% |
| SNA–DFW | Santa Ana to Dallas/Fort Worth | 247 | 82.2% | 2.1 min | 2.8% |
| SNA–SJC | Santa Ana to San Jose | 215 | 87.4% | -0.6 min | 0.0% |
| SNA–SMF | Santa Ana to Sacramento | 206 | 82.5% | 2.6 min | 1.0% |
| SNA–OAK | Santa Ana to Oakland | 193 | 90.7% | -3.5 min | 0.5% |
| SNA–ORD | Santa Ana to Chicago | 190 | 80.5% | 1.8 min | 0.0% |
| SNA–PDX | Santa Ana to Portland | 147 | 94.6% | -7.8 min | 0.0% |
| SNA–SLC | Santa Ana to Salt Lake City | 146 | 84.2% | 9.6 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left SNA on time in September 2025?
82.9% of 3,751 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 83.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 82.8%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In September 2024, 85.5% of 3,516 departures left on time and 0.5% were cancelled, against 82.9% and 0.6% in September 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for September 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.