Skip to content
WanderNerd
Check a flight

Route Reliability

San Jose → Santa Ana

SJC–SNA · 342 miles · San José Mineta International Airport to John Wayne Airport

91
Nerd Approved
WanderNerd Reliability Score
88%
Arrive within 15 minutes
2 min early
Average arrival delay
0.9%
Cancelled
2,679
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Airlines on this route

  • Southwest Airlines88% on time · 2,654 flights
  • Alaska Airlines72% 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

Morning-you made the right choice.

SJC–SNA flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 97% of the time, versus 79% between 3–6 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

SJC–SNA flights arrived on time 93% of the time on Wednesdays. On Sundays: 84%.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon89%(442 flights)
  • Tue92%(346 flights)
  • Wed93%(349 flights)
  • Thu85%(446 flights)
  • Fri85%(441 flights)
  • Sat93%(226 flights)
  • Sun84%(398 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM97%(540 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM93%(491 flights)
  • 12–3 PM87%(472 flights)
  • 3–6 PM79%(585 flights)
  • 6–9 PM84%(560 flights)
On-time trend by month
91%
May

Jun 87% → May 91% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202587%211
July 202589%213
August 202589%217
September 202584%213
October 202587%224
November 202588%220
December 202578%224
January 202694%211
February 202692%211
March 202691%234
April 202685%230
May 202691%240

Same trip, other airports

Keep nerding

Based on 2,679 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.