Airport month record
SNANOV
John Wayne Airport in November 2025
- Departures
- 3,756
- Month
- November 2025
- National, same month
- 79.4%
- Carriers
- 9
Historical statistics for November 2025, not live status or a forecast for this year’s November. For today’s conditions at SNA, see live FAA status.
SNA in November lands a B, about a point better than the national rate of 79.4%. About one flight in five arrives 15 minutes late or worse, and those flights are late by a little over an hour on average. That is a workable record, not a spotless one. That rests on 3,756 flights, of which Delta Air Lines flew 389 at 85.1% on time.
Delta Air Lines is the most reliable of the five carriers covered here at 85.1% on time across 389 flights.
Key figures
On time
80.8%
Arrivals under 15 minutes late, of 3,701 completed departures
Avg delay
77 min
Across delayed arrivals only, not all flights
Cancelled
1.46%
Nationally in November: 2.49%
Whole year
81.5%
SNA across all twelve months
These figures cover 3,756 departures from John Wayne Airport in November 2025. On time means an arrival less than 15 minutes after the scheduled gate time, the DOT's threshold, and the national comparison uses every US departure in the same month rather than the whole year.
Against the year
November next to SNA's other months
Against SNA's own year, November ran level with the twelve-month rate of 81.5%, which makes it number eight of twelve months, best first. Either side of it, October ran 82.9% on time and December 79.4%, so this month sits in line with its neighbours.
| Month | Flights | On time | Avg delay | Cancelled | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2025 | 4,002 | 75.7% | 72 min | 1.42% | B |
| August 2025 | 3,918 | 80.6% | 74 min | 1.02% | B |
| September 2025 | 3,751 | 84.7% | 64 min | 0.59% | B+ |
| October 2025 | 3,871 | 82.9% | 74 min | 0.59% | B+ |
| November 2025 (this page) | 3,756 | 80.8% | 77 min | 1.46% | B |
| December 2025 | 3,825 | 79.4% | 74 min | 1.15% | B |
| January 2026 | 3,611 | 86.5% | 77 min | 2.13% | A |
| February 2026 | 3,343 | 85.7% | 73 min | 0.93% | A+ |
| March 2026 | 3,821 | 83.8% | 66 min | 1.20% | B |
| April 2026 | 3,686 | 82.5% | 69 min | 0.81% | B+ |
| May 2026 | 3,835 | 81.3% | 67 min | 0.78% | B+ |
| June 2026 | 3,822 | 75.1% | 75 min | 1.05% | B |
Departure window
The best time of day to leave SNA in November
Departure time matters more here than the choice of carrier. The gap between the best and worst window is 14 points, against 9 points between the best and worst carrier. Each bar is the on-time rate for flights scheduled inside that window.
- 5am–8am554 flights88.3%
- 8am–11am727 flights86.8%
- 11am–2pm925 flights77.7%
- 2pm–5pm654 flights74.5%
- 5pm–8pm637 flights77.1%
- 8pm–5am259 flights83.9%
Scale runs 65% to 95%. Rows with fewer than 30 flights show a dash.
Book the early departure. Flights leaving between 5am–8am arrive on time 88.3% of the time, against 74.5% for the afternoon window. That is 14 points of difference for no extra money, and it comes from the same aircraft having had no earlier flight to fall behind on. The 11am–2pm window is the busiest, with 925 flights scheduled in it.
Across the week, Thursday is the strongest day at 85.1% on time and Sunday the weakest at 73.9%. 11 points is a smaller lever than departure hour, but it is free.
Carrier by carrier
Which airlines ran best at SNA in November
The choice of carrier is not cosmetic here. Delta Air Lines arrives on time 85.1% of the time; American Airlines manages 75.7%. Sample sizes sit next to every figure, because a two-point gap across 524 flights means less than a ten-point one.
| Airline | Flights | On time | Avg delay | Cancelled | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines | 1,249 | 79.7% | 53 min | 0.56% | B+ |
| American Airlines | 524 | 75.7% | 109 min | 2.48% | B |
| SkyWest Airlines | 502 | 77.9% | 80 min | 3.59% | B− |
| United Airlines | 490 | 79.0% | 93 min | 0.82% | B+ |
| Delta Air Lines | 389 | 85.1% | 102 min | 1.80% | A |
| Alaska Airlinesthin sample | 357 | 94.1% | 34 min | 0.84% | A+ |
| Allegiant Airthin sample | 88 | 75.9% | 72 min | 1.14% | B |
| Frontier Airlinesthin sample | 86 | 78.6% | 48 min | 2.33% | B |
| Spirit Airlinesthin sample | 71 | 88.7% | 66 min | 0.00% | A+ |
SkyWest Airlines cancels 3.6% of what it schedules here, the highest in the table. A cancelled flight never appears in an on-time rate, so read that column alongside the punctuality one rather than after it.
Route by route
Busiest routes out of SNA in November
| Route | Flights | On time | Avg delay | Cancelled | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SNA to SFO · San Francisco | 446 | 71.6% | 81 min | 3.59% | C− |
| SNA to PHX · Phoenix | 397 | 71.0% | 72 min | 1.01% | C |
| SNA to LAS · Las Vegasthin sample | 358 | 82.9% | 54 min | 0.28% | B+ |
| SNA to SEA · Seattlethin sample | 329 | 92.0% | 46 min | 1.22% | A |
| SNA to DEN · Denverthin sample | 298 | 87.2% | 61 min | 0.00% | A+ |
| SNA to SJC · San Josethin sample | 220 | 85.3% | 49 min | 0.91% | A+ |
| SNA to DFW · Dallas-Fort Worththin sample | 214 | 77.0% | 124 min | 2.34% | B |
| SNA to OAK · Oaklandthin sample | 198 | 84.5% | 53 min | 2.02% | B |
| SNA to SMF · Sacramentothin sample | 192 | 82.8% | 58 min | 0.00% | B+ |
| SNA to ORD · Chicagothin sample | 173 | 75.9% | 119 min | 4.05% | B− |
| SNA to SLC · Salt Lake Citythin sample | 152 | 86.4% | 113 min | 3.29% | A− |
| SNA to PDX · Portlandthin sample | 143 | 95.8% | 23 min | 0.70% | A+ |
| SNA to IAH · Houstonthin sample | 89 | 85.4% | 80 min | 0.00% | A+ |
| SNA to EWR · Newarkthin sample | 88 | 74.4% | 124 min | 2.27% | C |
| SNA to ATL · Atlantathin sample | 78 | 84.4% | 135 min | 1.28% | B |
| SNA to STS · Santa Rosathin sample | 69 | 80.9% | 68 min | 1.45% | B |
| SNA to MSP · Minneapolisthin sample | 51 | 76.0% | 72 min | 1.96% | B |
| SNA to JFK · New Yorkthin sample | 31 | 71.0% | 71 min | 0.00% | C+ |
| SNA to AUS · Austinthin sample | 30 | 73.3% | 51 min | 0.00% | C+ |
Delay causes
What held SNA up in November
Carriers report a reason for every delay minute they cause, in five DOT categories. The split below is by minutes, not by number of flights, so a handful of very long weather delays weighs as much as many short ones. It covers 54,000 reported delay minutes.
- 34%National Airspace System
- 33%Late-arriving aircraft
- 30%Carrier
- 3%Extreme weather
- 0%Security
34% of delay minutes are charged to the National Airspace System: air traffic volume, runway configuration, ground stops. No carrier can price its way out of that, which is why airport choice moves the number here more than carrier choice does. That is 18,000 minutes out of 54,000, against a national NAS share of 27%. The split is drawn from 54,338 reported delay minutes.
Cancellations sit at 1.46% against a national 2.49%, which is ordinary. Diversions add another 0.00%.
7.2% of arrivals land an hour or more late, close to the national 7.8%. That is the figure that decides a connection, and it says a 60 to 75 minute layover is reasonable here while anything under 45 minutes is a bet. Most delays on this route last a little over an hour, which a normal layover absorbs.
What to do with this
Flying from SNA in November
For a November trip through SNA: expect 80.8% on time and 1.46% cancelled, going by November 2025. The 5am–8am window was the strongest part of the day.
Related
Where to go next
- John Wayne Airport (SNA), the whole year
- SNA in July75.7%
- SNA in August80.6%
- SNA in September84.7%
- SNA in October82.9%
- SNA in December79.4%
- SNA in January86.5%
- SNA in February85.7%
- SNA in March83.8%
- SNA in April82.5%
- SNA in May81.3%
- SNA in June75.1%
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, on-time performance data, July 2025 to June 2026. Last updated 15 September 2026; recomputed monthly. How this data is collected.