On-Time Report

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Airport month · November 2025

John Wayne Airport-Orange County in November 2025

78.8%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 November 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 3,756 domestic departures from John Wayne Airport-Orange County (SNA). 78.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 79.6% reached their destination on time; 1.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.1% of flights departed on time and 77.3% arrived on time, so SNA departures were 0.7 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in November 2024, the airport had 3,580 departures with 85.4% leaving on time: a change of −6.6 points, with flights up 5%.

Flights arriving at SNA that month were on time 80.8% of the time (3,758 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, national aviation system 34%, late-arriving aircraft 33% and air carrier 30%.

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

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

MeasureNov 2025Nov 2024SNA, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Nov 2025
Departed on time78.8%85.4%78.9%78.1%
Arrived on time79.6%86.0%80.3%77.3%
Cancelled1.5%0.6%1.1%2.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)16.1 min11.7 min15.2 min15.6 min
Scheduled departures a day12511912419,018
Scheduled departures3,7563,58045,231570,550

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
WN Southwest Airlines1,24933%79.3%4.1 min0.6%
AA American Airlines52414%73.9%19.0 min2.5%
OO SkyWest Airlines50213%75.1%8.7 min3.6%
UA United Airlines49013%78.4%12.4 min0.8%
DL Delta Air Lines38910%83.5%3.6 min1.8%
AS Alaska Airlines35710%93.3%-12.1 min0.8%
G4 Allegiant Air882%75.0%9.0 min1.1%
F9 Frontier Airlines862%76.7%-1.9 min2.3%
NK Spirit Airlines712%88.7%0.3 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
SNA–SFOSanta Ana to San Francisco44669.1%15.4 min3.6%
SNA–PHXSanta Ana to Phoenix39770.3%16.1 min1.0%
SNA–LASSanta Ana to Las Vegas35882.7%1.5 min0.3%
SNA–SEASanta Ana to Seattle32990.9%-11.0 min1.2%
SNA–DENSanta Ana to Denver29887.2%-0.9 min0.0%
SNA–SJCSanta Ana to San Jose22084.5%-1.5 min0.9%
SNA–DFWSanta Ana to Dallas/Fort Worth21475.2%22.9 min2.3%
SNA–OAKSanta Ana to Oakland19882.8%-1.4 min2.0%
SNA–SMFSanta Ana to Sacramento19282.8%1.9 min0.0%
SNA–ORDSanta Ana to Chicago17372.8%19.7 min4.0%
SNA–SLCSanta Ana to Salt Lake City15283.6%4.3 min3.3%
SNA–PDXSanta Ana to Portland14395.1%-13.0 min0.7%

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), November 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Nov 2025Minutes
Air carrier30.0%30.2%16,319
Late-arriving aircraft32.8%38.3%17,797
National Aviation System33.8%26.7%18,380
Extreme weather3.3%4.6%1,820
Security0.0%0.1%22
54,338 delay minutes on 710 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 November 2025?

78.8% of 3,756 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 79.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.1% and 77.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In November 2024, 85.4% of 3,580 departures left on time and 0.6% were cancelled, against 78.8% and 1.5% in November 2025.

Provenance

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