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Route Reliability

Salt Lake City → Santa Ana

SLC–SNA · 588 miles · Salt Lake City International Airport to John Wayne Airport

88
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
84%
Arrive within 15 minutes
1 min
Average arrival delay
0.8%
Cancelled
1,854
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%101 flights
  2. 2.Delta Air Lines84%1,753 flights

What the data says

The 6–9 AM departure wins.

SLC–SNA flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 89% of the time, versus 79% between 9 AM–12 PM.

Skip Thursday if you can.

SLC–SNA flights arrived on time 88% of the time on Wednesdays. On Thursdays: 81%.

Not much between Frontier Airlines and Delta Air Lines.

On this route they all land within 84% to 87% on time. Pick on schedule and price.

Ticking up lately.

SLC–SNA flights arrived on time 88% 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
  • Mon82%(275 flights)
  • Tue87%(257 flights)
  • Wed88%(257 flights)
  • Thu81%(274 flights)
  • Fri84%(280 flights)
  • Sat84%(209 flights)
  • Sun82%(282 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM89%(379 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM79%(384 flights)
  • 12–3 PM—(7 flights)
  • 3–6 PM83%(701 flights)
  • 6–9 PM84%(188 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM87%(175 flights)
On-time trend by month
89%
May

Jun 78% → May 89% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202578%143
July 202586%147
August 202586%145
September 202584%146
October 202578%157
November 202584%147
December 202582%155
January 202684%165
February 202682%153
March 202692%167
April 202682%158
May 202689%151

Same trip, other airports

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Based on 1,854 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.