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Route Reliability

New York → Santa Ana

JFKSNA · 2,454 miles · John F. Kennedy International Airport to John Wayne Airport

85
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
86%
Arrive within 15 minutes
4 min early
Average arrival delay
1.7%
Cancelled
401
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Airlines on this route

  • American Airlines85% on time · 376 flights
  • Delta Air Lines96% on time · 25 flights

Too little history on this route to call a winner. We rank airlines only after 100 flights each.

What the data says

The 6–9 AM departure wins.

JFK–SNA flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 87% of the time, versus 79% between 9 AM–12 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

JFK–SNA flights arrived on time 95% of the time on Tuesdays and just 79% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

Trending in the right direction.

JFK–SNA flights arrived on time 91% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 76% 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
  • Mon84%(55 flights)
  • Tue95%(55 flights)
  • Wed86%(55 flights)
  • Thu91%(57 flights)
  • Fri86%(56 flights)
  • Sat79%(57 flights)
  • Sun79%(57 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM87%(336 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM79%(56 flights)
On-time trend by month
96%
May

Jun 79% → May 96% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202579%29
July 202587%31
August 202590%30
September 202593%30
October 202590%30
November 202577%31
December 202578%36
January 202674%34
February 202677%26
March 202684%31
April 202693%29
May 202696%55

Based on 401 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.