John Wayne Airport-Orange County in March 2026

82.5%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 March 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 3,821 domestic departures from John Wayne Airport-Orange County (SNA). 82.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 82.4% reached their destination on time; 1.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 72.8% of flights departed on time and 73.2% arrived on time, so SNA departures were 9.7 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in March 2025, the airport had 3,698 departures with 82.8% leaving on time: a change of −0.3 points, with flights up 3%.

Flights arriving at SNA that month were on time 84.6% of the time (3,823 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 40%, national aviation system 30% and air carrier 27%.

On time 82.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 16.0%
Cancelled 1.2%
Diverted 0.4%

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

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

Measure	Mar 2026	Mar 2025	SNA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2026
Departed on time	82.5%	82.8%	78.9%	72.8%
Arrived on time	82.4%	83.0%	80.3%	73.2%
Cancelled	1.2%	0.9%	1.1%	2.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	11.8 min	12.5 min	15.2 min	20.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	127	123	124	20,403
Scheduled departures	3,821	3,698	45,231	612,102

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	1,259	33%	83.7%	-1.0 min	1.1%
AA American Airlines	576	15%	78.1%	4.4 min	0.7%
UA United Airlines	489	13%	76.9%	10.8 min	0.6%
OO SkyWest Airlines	427	11%	89.5%	-9.6 min	0.5%
DL Delta Air Lines	390	10%	79.0%	3.6 min	2.6%
AS Alaska Airlines	374	10%	85.6%	-1.8 min	1.9%
G4 Allegiant Air	113	3%	83.2%	17.5 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	100	3%	84.0%	10.1 min	1.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	93	2%	86.0%	-1.4 min	5.4%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SNA–PHX	Santa Ana to Phoenix	428	81.8%	4.0 min	0.5%
SNA–LAS	Santa Ana to Las Vegas	390	84.6%	-1.7 min	1.5%
SNA–SFO	Santa Ana to San Francisco	345	89.0%	-7.6 min	0.6%
SNA–SEA	Santa Ana to Seattle	308	82.8%	-0.8 min	2.6%
SNA–DEN	Santa Ana to Denver	302	79.1%	4.0 min	1.3%
SNA–DFW	Santa Ana to Dallas/Fort Worth	240	79.6%	5.1 min	0.8%
SNA–SJC	Santa Ana to San Jose	236	87.7%	-6.0 min	0.4%
SNA–OAK	Santa Ana to Oakland	207	87.9%	-5.6 min	1.4%
SNA–SMF	Santa Ana to Sacramento	195	87.7%	-4.2 min	3.1%
SNA–ORD	Santa Ana to Chicago	181	66.9%	15.7 min	1.7%
SNA–SLC	Santa Ana to Salt Lake City	169	91.7%	-3.6 min	0.6%
SNA–PDX	Santa Ana to Portland	124	88.7%	-3.9 min	0.8%

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), March 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	27.3%	33.5%	10,982
Late-arriving aircraft	39.8%	39.3%	16,010
National Aviation System	29.8%	21.0%	11,995
Extreme weather	2.9%	5.9%	1,179
Security	0.2%	0.2%	88

40,254 delay minutes on 610 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

How many flights left SNA on time in March 2026?

82.5% of 3,821 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 82.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.8% and 73.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In March 2025, 82.8% of 3,698 departures left on time and 0.9% were cancelled, against 82.5% and 1.2% in March 2026.

Provenance

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