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Route Reliability

Dallas → Santa Ana

DAL–SNA · 1,216 miles · Dallas Love Field to John Wayne Airport

74
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
72%
Arrive within 15 minutes
10 min
Average arrival delay
1.1%
Cancelled
364
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Southwest Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 72% of the time across 364 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

DAL–SNA flights departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 87% of the time, versus 57% between 6–9 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

DAL–SNA flights arrived on time 83% of the time on Wednesdays and just 60% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

Recent months have been rougher.

DAL–SNA flights arrived on time 56% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 82% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon74%(49 flights)
  • Tue77%(52 flights)
  • Wed83%(52 flights)
  • Thu65%(51 flights)
  • Fri67%(52 flights)
  • Sat76%(50 flights)
  • Sun60%(53 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM—(9 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM87%(82 flights)
  • 12–3 PM79%(68 flights)
  • 3–6 PM67%(55 flights)
  • 6–9 PM57%(138 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM—(7 flights)
On-time trend by month
58%
May

Jun 63% → May 58% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202563%30
July 202573%30
August 202594%31
September 202583%30
October 202558%31
November 202575%28
December 202577%31
January 202686%29
February 202682%27
March 202665%31
April 202647%30
May 202658%31

Same trip, other airports

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Based on 364 historical flights, because apparently we checked. Historical flight data: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, June 2025 – May 2026. Data through May 2026. How we calculate this.