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Route Reliability

Sacramento → Santa Ana

SMF–SNA · 404 miles · Sacramento International Airport to John Wayne Airport

91
Nerd Approved
WanderNerd Reliability Score
85%
Arrive within 15 minutes
0 min
Average arrival delay
0.6%
Cancelled
2,319
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Southwest Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 85% of the time across 2,319 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

SMF–SNA flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 94% of the time, versus 79% between 3–6 PM.

Skip Thursday if you can.

SMF–SNA flights arrived on time 89% of the time on Wednesdays. On Thursdays: 81%.

Slipping a little lately.

SMF–SNA flights arrived on time 83% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 88% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon84%(365 flights)
  • Tue88%(309 flights)
  • Wed89%(315 flights)
  • Thu81%(371 flights)
  • Fri84%(365 flights)
  • Sat85%(206 flights)
  • Sun86%(373 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM94%(530 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM91%(348 flights)
  • 12–3 PM82%(449 flights)
  • 3–6 PM79%(460 flights)
  • 6–9 PM81%(517 flights)
On-time trend by month
82%
May

Jun 84% → May 82% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202584%201
July 202586%204
August 202589%206
September 202588%206
October 202580%185
November 202584%192
December 202583%198
January 202691%174
February 202688%166
March 202684%192
April 202684%188
May 202682%192

Same trip, other airports

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Based on 2,319 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.