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Route Reliability

Santa Ana → Charlotte

SNACLT · 2,099 miles · John Wayne Airport to Charlotte Douglas International Airport

89
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
88%
Arrive within 15 minutes
7 min early
Average arrival delay
1.4%
Cancelled
364
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

American Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 88% of the time across 364 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Departure time hasn't mattered much.

On-time rates stay between 86% and 88% across the day.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

SNA–CLT flights arrived on time 92% of the time on Thursdays. On Sundays: 80%.

Slipping a little lately.

SNA–CLT flights arrived on time 86% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 90% 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
  • Mon89%(52 flights)
  • Tue90%(50 flights)
  • Wed92%(50 flights)
  • Thu92%(51 flights)
  • Fri83%(52 flights)
  • Sat92%(51 flights)
  • Sun80%(51 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM88%(328 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM86%(29 flights)
On-time trend by month
90%
May

Jun 83% → May 90% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202583%30
July 202571%31
August 202593%30
September 2025100%30
October 202594%31
November 202590%29
December 202593%30
January 202696%28
February 202682%27
March 202680%30
April 202687%30
May 202690%31

Based on 364 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.