Flights Santa Ana → Newark
SNA → EWR
Route overview
The flight route from Santa Ana to Newark is operated primarily with Boeing 737-700 aircraft and has an on-time performance rate of 85%, with an average delay of 13.7 minutes per flight. Over the past year, this route has seen a total of 266 flights, serving one of the busiest airports in the United States, Newark Liberty International Airport, which opened in 2001 and handles nearly 43.4 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 Santa Ana (SNA) → Newark (EWR) route is operated by United Airlines. Across 359 flights monitored in recent months, 86% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 13 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.67%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 18.7/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Newark 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 Newark: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Santa Ana (SNA) to Newark (EWR) heads north-east for about 3,908 km, a flight time of roughly 5h 18m.
Departures from Santa Ana on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 67% of SNA-EWR flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Santa Ana the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Newark it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 359 tracked SNA-EWR flights, 86% left on time with an average delay of 13 min and a 1.7% 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% |
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Frequently asked questions about SNA-EWR
On the Santa Ana (SNA) -> Newark (EWR) route, on-time performance is 86% with an average delay of 13 minutes, based on 359 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Santa Ana-Newark is 1.67% across 359 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.
