Flights Denver → Santa Ana
DEN → SNA
Route overview
The flight route from Denver to Santa Ana operates with an average on-time performance rate of 82%, with flights typically experiencing a mean delay of 8.1 minutes. Over the course of a year, this route sees approximately 856 flights using various aircraft models including Airbus A319, Boeing 737-700, Airbus A320, Boeing 737-800, and Boeing 757-200, serving the highly trafficked destination airport which handles nearly eleven million passengers annually.
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 Denver (DEN) → Santa Ana (SNA) route is operated by Frontier Airlines, United Airlines, Southwest Airlines. Across 1147 flights monitored in recent months, 80% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 9 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.87%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 21.9/100 (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 Denver the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Santa Ana: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Denver (DEN) to Santa Ana (SNA) heads south-west for about 1,360 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 7m.
Departures from Denver on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 44% of DEN-SNA flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Denver the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Santa Ana it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 1,147 tracked DEN-SNA flights, 80% left on time with an average delay of 9 min and a 0.9% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| United Airlines (UA) | 74% | 10 min | 6.9% |
| Frontier Airlines (F9) | 74% | 15 min | 2.2% |
| Southwest Airlines (WN) | 73% | 6 min | 3.1% |
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Frequently asked questions about DEN-SNA
On the Denver (DEN) -> Santa Ana (SNA) route, on-time performance is 80% with an average delay of 9 minutes, based on 1147 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Denver-Santa Ana is 0.87% across 1147 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 3 airlines: Frontier Airlines, United Airlines, Southwest Airlines.
Enter your flight number on FlightGuard for a real-time analysis based on 9 factors: weather at Santa Ana, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel, airline punctuality and recent trends.
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.
