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Route Reliability

Phoenix → Santa Ana

PHXSNA · 338 miles · Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport to John Wayne Airport

87
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
81%
Arrive within 15 minutes
4 min
Average arrival delay
0.5%
Cancelled
4,578
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

Ranked by on-time arrivals. Historical results, not predictions.

  1. 1.Frontier Airlines87%289 flights
  2. 2.Southwest Airlines81%2,425 flights
  3. 3.American Airlines80%1,864 flights

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

PHX–SNA flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 92% of the time, versus 74% between 3–6 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

PHX–SNA flights arrived on time 86% of the time on Saturdays. On Sundays: 75%.

Frontier Airlines runs this route best.

Frontier Airlines arrived on time 87% of the time on this route; American Airlines managed 80%.

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
  • Mon81%(722 flights)
  • Tue84%(555 flights)
  • Wed82%(580 flights)
  • Thu80%(728 flights)
  • Fri81%(710 flights)
  • Sat86%(523 flights)
  • Sun75%(734 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM92%(874 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM84%(898 flights)
  • 12–3 PM77%(873 flights)
  • 3–6 PM74%(821 flights)
  • 6–9 PM77%(924 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM80%(162 flights)
On-time trend by month
82%
May

Jun 80% → May 82% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202580%371
July 202579%381
August 202580%365
September 202579%347
October 202581%354
November 202577%391
December 202579%397
January 202684%377
February 202685%364
March 202684%426
April 202682%377
May 202682%402

Based on 4,578 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.