Flights Oakland → Santa Ana
OAK → SNA
Route overview
The flight route from Oakland to Santa Ana has an on-time performance rate of 84%, with flights typically experiencing a mean delay of 6.4 minutes. Since the origin airport in Oakland opened in 1927, this route benefits from a well-established infrastructure, connecting to one of the busiest airports by passenger traffic, where over eleven million passengers pass through 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 Oakland (OAK) → Santa Ana (SNA) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 785 flights monitored in recent months, 84% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 6 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.38%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 23.3/100 (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 Oakland the average ATFM delay is 1.4 minutes.
Heading to Santa Ana: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Oakland (OAK) to Santa Ana (SNA) heads south-east for about 597 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 10m.
Departures from Oakland on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 48% of OAK-SNA flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Oakland the average ATFM delay is 1.4 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Santa Ana it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 785 tracked OAK-SNA flights, 84% left on time with an average delay of 6 min and a 0.4% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines (WN) | 73% | 6 min | 3.1% |
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Frequently asked questions about OAK-SNA
On the Oakland (OAK) -> Santa Ana (SNA) route, on-time performance is 84% with an average delay of 6 minutes, based on 785 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Oakland-Santa Ana is 0.38% across 785 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: Southwest 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.
