Flights San Francisco → Santa Ana
SFO → SNA
Route overview
This flight route operates from San Francisco to Santa Ana, utilizing a fleet of Airbus A320, Airbus A319, Boeing 737-800, and Boeing 737-700 aircraft. Over the course of a year, it sees approximately 1032 flights with an on-time performance rate of 83%, and the average delay is 7.5 minutes. The destination airport serves around 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 San Francisco (SFO) → Santa Ana (SNA) route is operated by United Airlines, Southwest Airlines. Across 1357 flights monitored in recent months, 82% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 8 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.66%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 23/100 (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 San Francisco the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Santa Ana: what to expect in this direction
Flying from San Francisco (SFO) to Santa Ana (SNA) heads south-east for about 598 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 10m.
Departures from San Francisco on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 45% of SFO-SNA flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing San Francisco the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Santa Ana it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 1,357 tracked SFO-SNA flights, 82% left on time with an average delay of 8 min and a 0.7% 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% |
| Southwest Airlines (WN) | 73% | 6 min | 3.1% |
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Frequently asked questions about SFO-SNA
On the San Francisco (SFO) -> Santa Ana (SNA) route, on-time performance is 82% with an average delay of 8 minutes, based on 1357 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on San Francisco-Santa Ana is 0.66% across 1357 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 2 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.
