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SFO → SNA

San Francisco International Airport John Wayne Orange County International Airport

  • Advisory Airport Closure SNA

    Airport Closure at John Wayne Orange County International Airport (SNA): Reopens Nov 08 at 14:15 UTC.

    Airport status

  • Advisory Coastal Flood Advisory CLD, SAN, SNA

    COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM FRIDAY TO NOON PST TUESDAY

    Weather

  • Advisory Coastal Flood Advisory OAK, SFO, SQL, STS

    COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM PST MONDAY

    Weather

How punctual is this route?

On-time arrivals
77.4%
Less than 15 minutes late
Cancelled
1.4%
Of scheduled flights
Average delay when late
65 min
Flights arriving 15+ minutes late
Flights tracked
4,701
Scheduled flights in the period

What caused the delays

  • Late-arriving aircraft 42%
  • Air traffic control & airport 34%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning) 19%
  • Extreme weather 5%
  • Security 0%

Share of delay minutes airlines attributed to each cause (BTS).

On-time arrivals by month
Sep 2025 Aug 2026
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MonthOn timeFlights
September 2025 88.3% 436
October 2025 82.2% 448
November 2025 81.6% 445
December 2025 78.3% 394
January 2026 87.8% 377
February 2026 84.5% 319
March 2026 89.8% 345
April 2026 72.4% 368
May 2026 65.6% 400
June 2026 68.9% 373
July 2026 62.5% 387
August 2026 66.3% 409

Source: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics on-time data, September 2025 – August 2026. Covers flights operated by reporting U.S. carriers. About our data

Airlines on this route

AirlineFlightsOn timeCancelledAvg. delay when late
SkyWest Airlines 3,497 76.9% 1.7% 65 min
United Airlines 1,012 82.5% 0.3% 58 min
Frontier Airlines 154 63.3% 2.6% 91 min
Alaska Airlines 38 32.4% 2.6% 58 min

Delay odds by flight

How often each flight number arrived 15 or more minutes late over the last year.

  • OO5440

    23% late · 360 flights

  • UA589

    12% late · 323 flights

  • UA643

    21% late · 297 flights

  • OO3494

    19% late · 286 flights

  • OO3450

    24% late · 280 flights

  • OO3465

    22% late · 246 flights

  • OO3492

    31% late · 238 flights

  • OO5650

    31% late · 237 flights

  • OO3440

    8% late · 217 flights

  • OO5937

    11% late · 216 flights

  • OO3216

    29% late · 150 flights

  • OO3380

    1% late · 87 flights

  • OO5236

    15% late · 82 flights

  • UA571

    27% late · 82 flights

  • F94202

    29% late · 78 flights

  • F93582

    44% late · 76 flights

  • UA2441

    22% late · 74 flights

  • OO3404

    22% late · 71 flights

  • OO3244

    5% late · 62 flights

  • OO3237

    87% late · 61 flights

  • OO4777

    13% late · 55 flights

  • UA1630

    15% late · 55 flights

  • OO3464

    24% late · 53 flights

  • OO5617

    23% late · 53 flights

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