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Route Reliability

Santa Ana → Dallas

SNA–DAL · 1,216 miles · John Wayne Airport to Dallas Love Field

82
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
79%
Arrive within 15 minutes
4 min
Average arrival delay
0.5%
Cancelled
364
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Southwest Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 79% of the time across 364 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

SNA–DAL flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 94% of the time, versus 65% between 3–6 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

SNA–DAL flights arrived on time 89% of the time on Wednesdays and just 60% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon85%(52 flights)
  • Tue78%(51 flights)
  • Wed89%(52 flights)
  • Thu76%(50 flights)
  • Fri81%(52 flights)
  • Sat84%(49 flights)
  • Sun60%(53 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM94%(137 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM79%(57 flights)
  • 12–3 PM66%(139 flights)
  • 3–6 PM65%(26 flights)
On-time trend by month
80%
May

Jun 90% → May 80% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202590%30
July 202590%31
August 202547%30
September 202557%30
October 202593%30
November 202569%29
December 202577%31
January 202683%30
February 202685%27
March 202684%31
April 202690%30
May 202680%30

Same trip, other airports

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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.