Route Reliability
New York → Santa Ana
JFK–SNA · 2,454 miles · John F. Kennedy International Airport to John Wayne Airport
- 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
- Mon84%(55 flights)
- Tue95%(55 flights)
- Wed86%(55 flights)
- Thu91%(57 flights)
- Fri86%(56 flights)
- Sat79%(57 flights)
- Sun79%(57 flights)
- 6–9 AM87%(336 flights)
- 9 AM–12 PM79%(56 flights)
Jun 79% → May 96% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 79% | 29 |
| July 2025 | 87% | 31 |
| August 2025 | 90% | 30 |
| September 2025 | 93% | 30 |
| October 2025 | 90% | 30 |
| November 2025 | 77% | 31 |
| December 2025 | 78% | 36 |
| January 2026 | 74% | 34 |
| February 2026 | 77% | 26 |
| March 2026 | 84% | 31 |
| April 2026 | 93% | 29 |
| May 2026 | 96% | 55 |
Same trip, other airports
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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.