Flights Santa Ana → Denver
SNA → DEN
Route overview
The flight route from Santa Ana to Denver has an on-time performance rate of 83%, with an average delay of 6.7 minutes per flight. Over the past year, there have been a total of 856 flights on this route, operated by various aircraft including Airbus A319, Airbus A320, Boeing 737-800, and Boeing 737-700. The destination airport in Denver, which opened in 1989, serves approximately 82,358,744 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 Santa Ana (SNA) → Denver (DEN) route is operated by Frontier Airlines, United Airlines, Southwest Airlines. Across 1147 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 1.13%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 19.9/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Denver the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Santa Ana the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Denver: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Santa Ana (SNA) to Denver (DEN) heads north-east for about 1,360 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 7m.
Departures from Santa Ana on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 55% of SNA-DEN flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Santa Ana the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Denver it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 1,147 tracked SNA-DEN flights, 84% left on time with an average delay of 6 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% |
| Frontier Airlines (F9) | 74% | 15 min | 2.2% |
| Southwest Airlines (WN) | 73% | 6 min | 3.1% |
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Frequently asked questions about SNA-DEN
On the Santa Ana (SNA) -> Denver (DEN) route, on-time performance is 84% with an average delay of 6 minutes, based on 1147 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Santa Ana-Denver is 1.13% across 1147 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 3 airlines: Frontier Airlines, United Airlines, 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.
