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Route Reliability

Santa Ana → Dallas–Fort Worth

SNADFW · 1,205 miles · John Wayne Airport to Dallas Fort Worth International Airport

70
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
80%
Arrive within 15 minutes
11 min
Average arrival delay
3.3%
Cancelled
2,904
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Airlines on this route

  • American Airlines80% on time · 2,897 flights
  • Frontier Airlines71% on time · 7 flights

Too little history on this route to call a winner. We rank airlines only after 100 flights each.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

SNA–DFW flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 87% of the time, versus 72% between 12–3 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

SNA–DFW flights arrived on time 85% of the time on Thursdays. On Sundays: 73%.

Keep a backup plan handy.

This route was cancelled 3.3% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.

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
  • Mon77%(404 flights)
  • Tue81%(380 flights)
  • Wed80%(387 flights)
  • Thu85%(417 flights)
  • Fri84%(410 flights)
  • Sat79%(371 flights)
  • Sun73%(415 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM87%(701 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM80%(848 flights)
  • 12–3 PM72%(605 flights)
  • 3–6 PM77%(405 flights)
  • 6–9 PM81%(225 flights)
On-time trend by month
82%
May

Jun 73% → May 82% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202573%244
July 202570%248
August 202578%236
September 202587%237
October 202583%256
November 202578%209
December 202574%223
January 202685%211
February 202684%211
March 202681%236
April 202684%232
May 202682%241

Based on 2,904 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.