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Airport month · October 2025
John Wayne Airport-Orange County in October 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 October 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 3,871 domestic departures from John Wayne Airport-Orange County (SNA). 79.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 82.2% reached their destination on time; 0.6% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 80.0% of flights departed on time and 79.1% arrived on time, so SNA departures were level with the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in October 2024, the airport had 3,674 departures with 85.4% leaving on time: a change of −5.8 points, with flights up 5%.
Flights arriving at SNA that month were on time 80.0% of the time (3,871 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 39%, air carrier 34% and national aviation system 24%.
- On time 82.2%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 16.9%
- Cancelled 0.6%
- Diverted 0.3%
October 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Oct 2025 | Oct 2024 | SNA, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 79.6% | 85.4% | 78.9% | 80.0% |
| Arrived on time | 82.2% | 85.5% | 80.3% | 79.1% |
| Cancelled | 0.6% | 0.4% | 1.1% | 0.5% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 14.8 min | 10.3 min | 15.2 min | 13.9 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 129 | 123 | 124 | 20,195 |
| Scheduled departures | 3,871 | 3,674 | 45,231 | 605,844 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 1,239 | 32% | 81.7% | 2.5 min | 0.4% |
| AA American Airlines | 575 | 15% | 79.7% | 10.1 min | 0.7% |
| UA United Airlines | 540 | 14% | 85.0% | -0.6 min | 0.0% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 502 | 13% | 78.3% | 3.4 min | 0.6% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 413 | 11% | 86.2% | 2.0 min | 0.2% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 364 | 9% | 85.7% | -4.6 min | 2.5% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 90 | 2% | 80.0% | 27.7 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 87 | 2% | 77.0% | 1.9 min | 1.1% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 61 | 2% | 86.9% | 13.2 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SNA–SFO | Santa Ana to San Francisco | 448 | 74.8% | 5.9 min | 0.7% |
| SNA–LAS | Santa Ana to Las Vegas | 354 | 81.1% | 7.1 min | 0.3% |
| SNA–PHX | Santa Ana to Phoenix | 354 | 78.5% | 9.2 min | 0.3% |
| SNA–SEA | Santa Ana to Seattle | 341 | 85.3% | -2.2 min | 2.1% |
| SNA–DEN | Santa Ana to Denver | 333 | 87.4% | -2.3 min | 0.3% |
| SNA–DFW | Santa Ana to Dallas/Fort Worth | 260 | 80.8% | 5.5 min | 1.2% |
| SNA–SJC | Santa Ana to San Jose | 228 | 83.3% | -1.2 min | 0.9% |
| SNA–ORD | Santa Ana to Chicago | 208 | 77.9% | 4.1 min | 0.0% |
| SNA–OAK | Santa Ana to Oakland | 197 | 83.8% | -1.2 min | 0.0% |
| SNA–SMF | Santa Ana to Sacramento | 185 | 85.9% | 0.6 min | 0.5% |
| SNA–SLC | Santa Ana to Salt Lake City | 157 | 87.3% | 4.8 min | 0.0% |
| SNA–PDX | Santa Ana to Portland | 143 | 89.5% | -4.5 min | 1.4% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left SNA on time in October 2025?
79.6% of 3,871 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 82.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.0% and 79.1%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In October 2024, 85.4% of 3,674 departures left on time and 0.4% were cancelled, against 79.6% and 0.6% in October 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for October 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.