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Route Reliability

Santa Ana → Denver

SNADEN · 846 miles · John Wayne Airport to Denver International Airport

87
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
82%
Arrive within 15 minutes
4 min
Average arrival delay
0.4%
Cancelled
3,708
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

Ranked by on-time arrivals. Historical results, not predictions.

  1. 1.United Airlines85%1,869 flights
  2. 2.Frontier Airlines84%303 flights
  3. 3.Southwest Airlines78%1,536 flights

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

SNA–DEN flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 91% of the time, versus 63% between 3–6 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

SNA–DEN flights arrived on time 90% of the time on Saturdays. On Sundays: 79%.

United Airlines runs this route best.

United Airlines arrived on time 85% of the time on this route; Southwest Airlines managed 78%.

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
  • Mon83%(565 flights)
  • Tue80%(497 flights)
  • Wed84%(500 flights)
  • Thu80%(559 flights)
  • Fri79%(566 flights)
  • Sat90%(467 flights)
  • Sun79%(526 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM91%(1003 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM89%(897 flights)
  • 12–3 PM77%(858 flights)
  • 3–6 PM63%(409 flights)
  • 6–9 PM75%(513 flights)
On-time trend by month
88%
May

Jun 69% → May 88% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202569%334
July 202567%344
August 202577%303
September 202586%313
October 202588%332
November 202587%298
December 202579%314
January 202689%275
February 202686%254
March 202682%298
April 202691%296
May 202688%319

Based on 3,708 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.