Route Reliability
Santa Ana → Des Moines
SNA–DSM · 1,428 miles · John Wayne Airport to Des Moines International Airport
- 76%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 25 min
- Average arrival delay
- 4.5%
- Cancelled
- 111
- Flights in the data
Data through May 2026.
Allegiant Air is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 76% of the time across 111 flights. No comparison to make.
What the data says
The 12–3 PM departure wins.
SNA–DSM flights departing between 12–3 PM arrived on time 91% of the time, versus 75% between 9 AM–12 PM.
Sunday scaries are real for this one.
SNA–DSM flights arrived on time 85% of the time on Fridays and just 68% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.
Keep a backup plan handy.
This route was cancelled 4.5% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.
Flights on this route
The breakdown
- Mon73%(15 flights)
- Tue—(3 flights)
- Wed—(0 flights)
- Thu79%(34 flights)
- Fri85%(13 flights)
- Sat—(2 flights)
- Sun68%(38 flights)
- 6–9 AM—(1 flights)
- 9 AM–12 PM75%(93 flights)
- 12–3 PM91%(11 flights)
Same trip, other airports
Keep nerding
Based on 111 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.