Flights Houston → Santa Ana
IAH → SNA
Route overview
The flight route from Houston to Santa Ana operates with a high on-time performance rate of 92%, with an average delay of just 2.5 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, this route sees approximately 267 flights using various aircraft models including Boeing 737-800, Airbus A320, Airbus A319, and Boeing 737-700, serving a destination airport that accommodates nearly 11.4 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 Houston (IAH) → Santa Ana (SNA) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 380 flights monitored in recent months, 88% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 5 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.05%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 14/100 (low), 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 Houston the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Santa Ana: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Houston (IAH) to Santa Ana (SNA) heads west for about 2,163 km, a flight time of roughly 3h 7m.
Departures from Houston on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 37% of IAH-SNA flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Houston the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Santa Ana it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 380 tracked IAH-SNA flights, 88% left on time with an average delay of 5 min and a 1.1% 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% |
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Frequently asked questions about IAH-SNA
On the Houston (IAH) -> Santa Ana (SNA) route, on-time performance is 88% with an average delay of 5 minutes, based on 380 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Houston-Santa Ana is 1.05% across 380 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: United 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.
