Route Reliability
Des Moines → Santa Ana
DSM–SNA · 1,428 miles · Des Moines International Airport to John Wayne Airport
- 88%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 8 min
- Average arrival delay
- 3.6%
- Cancelled
- 110
- Flights in the data
Data through May 2026.
Allegiant Air is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 88% of the time across 110 flights. No comparison to make.
What the data says
The 9 AM–12 PM departure wins.
DSM–SNA flights departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 94% of the time, versus 86% between 6–9 AM.
Sunday scaries are real for this one.
DSM–SNA flights arrived on time 97% of the time on Thursdays and just 76% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.
Keep a backup plan handy.
This route was cancelled 3.6% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.
Flights on this route
The breakdown
- Mon87%(15 flights)
- Tue—(3 flights)
- Wed—(0 flights)
- Thu97%(35 flights)
- Fri92%(13 flights)
- Sat—(2 flights)
- Sun76%(38 flights)
- 6–9 AM86%(88 flights)
- 9 AM–12 PM94%(18 flights)
Same trip, other airports
Keep nerding
Based on 110 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.