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Route Reliability

Newark → Santa Ana

EWRSNA · 2,433 miles · Newark Liberty International Airport to John Wayne Airport

82
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
86%
Arrive within 15 minutes
7 min early
Average arrival delay
1.4%
Cancelled
1,092
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

United Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 86% of the time across 1,092 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

EWR–SNA flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 89% of the time, versus 81% between 6–9 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

EWR–SNA flights arrived on time 93% of the time on Tuesdays. On Sundays: 82%.

Trending in the right direction.

EWR–SNA flights arrived on time 92% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 83% 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

On-time by weekday
  • Mon88%(145 flights)
  • Tue93%(151 flights)
  • Wed86%(150 flights)
  • Thu84%(150 flights)
  • Fri87%(154 flights)
  • Sat85%(156 flights)
  • Sun82%(153 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM89%(359 flights)
  • 12–3 PM87%(360 flights)
  • 3–6 PM84%(157 flights)
  • 6–9 PM81%(183 flights)
On-time trend by month
93%
May

Jun 85% → May 93% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202585%88
July 202581%85
August 202585%92
September 202586%87
October 202585%91
November 202587%86
December 202586%90
January 202679%91
February 202685%78
March 202690%93
April 202693%88
May 202693%90

Based on 1,092 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.