Flights Dallas-Fort Worth → Santa Ana
DFW → SNA
Route overview
The flight route from Dallas-Fort Worth to Santa Ana is operated primarily with Boeing 737-800 aircraft and has a punctuality rate of 79%. Over the course of the year, there have been 690 flights on this route, with an average delay time of 10.6 minutes per flight. The destination airport sees over eleven million passengers annually, indicating high traffic and demand for connections to Santa Ana.
Your rights on this US flight (DOT)
US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under the US DOT rules, if your flight is cancelled or significantly changed and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Amenities for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
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The Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) → Santa Ana (SNA) route is operated by American Airlines, Alaska Airlines. Across 920 flights monitored in recent months, 78% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 11 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.76%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 20.4/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Santa Ana the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Dallas-Fort Worth the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Santa Ana: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) to Santa Ana (SNA) heads west for about 1,935 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 50m.
Departures from Dallas-Fort Worth on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 39% of DFW-SNA flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Dallas-Fort Worth the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Santa Ana it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 920 tracked DFW-SNA flights, 78% left on time with an average delay of 11 min and a 0.8% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines (AA) | 74% | 16 min | 3.0% |
| Alaska Airlines (AS) | 67% | 10 min | 11.9% |
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Frequently asked questions about DFW-SNA
On the Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) -> Santa Ana (SNA) route, on-time performance is 78% with an average delay of 11 minutes, based on 920 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Dallas-Fort Worth-Santa Ana is 0.76% across 920 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 2 airlines: American Airlines, Alaska Airlines.
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US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under US DOT rules, if the airline cancels or significantly changes your flight and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Meals or hotels for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
