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Route Reliability

Santa Ana → New York

SNA–JFK · 2,454 miles · John Wayne Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport

66
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
74%
Arrive within 15 minutes
16 min
Average arrival delay
2.2%
Cancelled
401
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Airlines on this route

  • American Airlines73% on time · 376 flights
  • Delta Air Lines92% on time · 25 flights

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

What the data says

The late departure is the smart one here.

SNA–JFK flights departing between 9 PM–12 AM arrived on time 92% of the time, versus 72% between 12–3 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

SNA–JFK flights arrived on time 83% of the time on Thursdays and just 63% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

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
  • Mon76%(54 flights)
  • Tue68%(56 flights)
  • Wed72%(54 flights)
  • Thu83%(53 flights)
  • Fri81%(57 flights)
  • Sat74%(57 flights)
  • Sun63%(57 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 9 AM–12 PM78%(68 flights)
  • 12–3 PM72%(295 flights)
  • 3–6 PM—(1 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM92%(24 flights)
On-time trend by month
82%
May

Jun 68% → May 82% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202568%28
July 202547%30
August 202571%31
September 202583%30
October 202567%30
November 202571%31
December 202572%36
January 202677%34
February 202685%26
March 202673%30
April 202686%28
May 202682%54

Same trip, other airports

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Based on 401 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.