On-Time Report

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Airport month · February 2026

John Wayne Airport-Orange County in February 2026

81.9%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 February 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 3,343 domestic departures from John Wayne Airport-Orange County (SNA). 81.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 84.8% reached their destination on time; 0.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.1% of flights departed on time and 78.3% arrived on time, so SNA departures were 3.8 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2025, the airport had 3,186 departures with 82.8% leaving on time: a change of −0.9 points, with flights up 5%.

Flights arriving at SNA that month were on time 84.3% of the time (3,342 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 39%, air carrier 36% and national aviation system 19%.

Every scheduled departure from SNA in February 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

February 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

MeasureFeb 2026Feb 2025SNA, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Feb 2026
Departed on time81.9%82.8%78.9%78.1%
Arrived on time84.8%84.4%80.3%78.3%
Cancelled0.9%1.4%1.1%2.3%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)12.8 min13.1 min15.2 min15.0 min
Scheduled departures a day11110612417,168
Scheduled departures3,3433,18645,231515,037

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
WN Southwest Airlines1,07232%86.8%-3.2 min0.6%
AA American Airlines50915%81.1%2.1 min1.4%
UA United Airlines44113%84.4%-2.4 min1.4%
OO SkyWest Airlines41112%80.5%4.7 min0.2%
AS Alaska Airlines33910%92.0%-12.1 min0.9%
DL Delta Air Lines32410%79.9%9.3 min0.6%
NK Spirit Airlines843%85.7%-2.6 min6.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines822%96.3%-10.8 min1.2%
G4 Allegiant Air812%82.7%7.8 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
SNA–PHXSanta Ana to Phoenix36587.4%-2.8 min1.1%
SNA–LASSanta Ana to Las Vegas34086.5%-2.1 min1.5%
SNA–SFOSanta Ana to San Francisco31978.7%8.2 min0.3%
SNA–SEASanta Ana to Seattle28288.3%-7.7 min1.4%
SNA–DENSanta Ana to Denver25785.2%0.8 min0.4%
SNA–DFWSanta Ana to Dallas/Fort Worth21482.7%4.8 min1.4%
SNA–SJCSanta Ana to San Jose21284.4%-4.2 min1.4%
SNA–OAKSanta Ana to Oakland17287.2%-6.7 min0.0%
SNA–SMFSanta Ana to Sacramento16691.0%-6.1 min0.0%
SNA–ORDSanta Ana to Chicago16378.5%-0.2 min0.0%
SNA–SLCSanta Ana to Salt Lake City15385.6%-3.3 min0.0%
SNA–PDXSanta Ana to Portland10793.5%-11.1 min0.9%

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), February 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Feb 2026Minutes
Air carrier36.2%38.2%12,380
Late-arriving aircraft38.7%37.2%13,238
National Aviation System19.4%18.5%6,635
Extreme weather5.8%6.0%1,972
Security0.0%0.2%0
34,225 delay minutes on 472 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 February 2026?

81.9% of 3,343 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 84.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.1% and 78.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2025, 82.8% of 3,186 departures left on time and 1.4% were cancelled, against 81.9% and 0.9% in February 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for February 2026; 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.