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Route Reliability

Santa Ana → Minneapolis

SNAMSP · 1,522 miles · John Wayne Airport to Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport

82
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
82%
Arrive within 15 minutes
4 min
Average arrival delay
1.7%
Cancelled
585
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Delta Air Lines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 82% of the time across 585 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

The 6–9 AM departure wins.

SNA–MSP flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 87% of the time, versus 71% between 9 AM–12 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

SNA–MSP flights arrived on time 89% of the time on Wednesdays and just 66% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

Trending in the right direction.

SNA–MSP flights arrived on time 86% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 78% in the three months before that.

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
  • Mon81%(99 flights)
  • Tue82%(49 flights)
  • Wed89%(80 flights)
  • Thu86%(99 flights)
  • Fri88%(100 flights)
  • Sat84%(51 flights)
  • Sun66%(96 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM87%(308 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM71%(45 flights)
  • 12–3 PM77%(221 flights)
On-time trend by month
94%
May

Jun 81% → May 94% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202581%52
July 202579%52
August 202579%52
September 202584%51
October 202590%52
November 202576%50
December 202578%41
January 202677%43
February 202679%42
March 202678%45
April 202687%46
May 202694%48

Based on 585 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.