Flights Santa Ana → Phoenix
SNA → PHX
Route overview
The flight route from Santa Ana to Phoenix has an on-time performance rate of 82%, with an average delay of 7.6 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, this route sees approximately 1,170 flights operated by Airbus A320, A319, and A321 aircraft, serving one of the busiest destination airports in terms of annual passenger traffic at 44,397,854 passengers.
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) → Phoenix (PHX) route is operated by American Airlines, Southwest Airlines. Across 1547 flights monitored in recent months, 81% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 9 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.84%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 21.9/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Phoenix 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 Phoenix: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Santa Ana (SNA) to Phoenix (PHX) heads east for about 544 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 6m.
Departures from Santa Ana on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 48% of SNA-PHX flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Santa Ana the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Phoenix it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 1,547 tracked SNA-PHX flights, 81% left on time with an average delay of 9 min and a 0.8% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines (AA) | 74% | 16 min | 3.0% |
| Southwest Airlines (WN) | 73% | 6 min | 3.1% |
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Frequently asked questions about SNA-PHX
On the Santa Ana (SNA) -> Phoenix (PHX) route, on-time performance is 81% with an average delay of 9 minutes, based on 1547 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Santa Ana-Phoenix is 0.84% across 1547 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 2 airlines: American 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.
