Route Reliability
Detroit → Santa Ana
DTW–SNA · 1,960 miles · Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport to John Wayne Airport
- 73%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 10 min
- Average arrival delay
- 0.3%
- Cancelled
- 335
- Flights in the data
Data through May 2026.
Airlines on this route
- Delta Air Lines72% on time · 313 flights
- Spirit Airlines86% on time · 22 flights
Too little history on this route to call a winner. We rank airlines only after 100 flights each.
What the data says
The 9 AM–12 PM departure wins.
DTW–SNA flights departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 86% of the time, versus 72% between 6–9 AM.
Friday is doing you no favors.
DTW–SNA flights arrived on time 80% of the time on Wednesdays. On Fridays: 66%.
It basically never cancels.
Out of 335 scheduled flights, only 0.3% were cancelled.
Trending in the right direction.
DTW–SNA flights arrived on time 75% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 61% in the three months before that.
Best historical flights
Ranked by on-time arrivals, minimum 100 flights. Past performance, not a promise.
Top flights by on-time rate
More flights on this route
The breakdown
- Mon75%(55 flights)
- Tue67%(42 flights)
- Wed80%(56 flights)
- Thu75%(52 flights)
- Fri66%(53 flights)
- Sat70%(23 flights)
- Sun77%(51 flights)
- 6–9 AM72%(310 flights)
- 9 AM–12 PM86%(22 flights)
Jun 86% → May 56% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 86% | 22 |
| July 2025 | 80% | 20 |
| August 2025 | 76% | 46 |
| September 2025 | 90% | 31 |
| October 2025 | 65% | 31 |
| November 2025 | 72% | 29 |
| December 2025 | 53% | 30 |
| January 2026 | 63% | 24 |
| February 2026 | 68% | 22 |
| March 2026 | 82% | 27 |
| April 2026 | 88% | 25 |
| May 2026 | 56% | 25 |
Same trip, other airports
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Based on 335 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.