Flights Salt Lake City → Santa Ana
SLC → SNA
Route overview
The flight route from Salt Lake City to Santa Ana operates with an average on-time performance rate of 86%, with flights typically experiencing a mean delay of only 4.5 minutes. Over the course of a year, this route sees 483 total flights using Airbus A319 aircraft, serving a destination airport that handles approximately 11,360,959 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 Salt Lake City (SLC) → Santa Ana (SNA) route is operated by Delta Air Lines. Across 613 flights monitored in recent months, 85% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 7 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.82%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 18.9/100 (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 Salt Lake City the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Santa Ana: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Salt Lake City (SLC) to Santa Ana (SNA) heads south-west for about 947 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 36m.
Departures from Salt Lake City on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 42% of SLC-SNA flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Salt Lake City the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Santa Ana it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 613 tracked SLC-SNA flights, 85% left on time with an average delay of 7 min and a 0.8% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines (DL) | 80% | 8 min | 1.8% |
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Frequently asked questions about SLC-SNA
On the Salt Lake City (SLC) -> Santa Ana (SNA) route, on-time performance is 85% with an average delay of 7 minutes, based on 613 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Salt Lake City-Santa Ana is 0.82% across 613 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: Delta Air Lines.
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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.
