DAL → SNA Southwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines · Dallas, TX to Santa Ana, CA · 364 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 31 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 100% on-time departing 6–9am vs. 56% departing 6–9pm.
On-time arrival
72%
Median delay
+2 min
90th percentile
+52 min
Cancellation rate
1%

How on-time is Southwest Airlines from DAL to SNA?

Across every Southwest Airlines flight number on DAL → SNA (364 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 72% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay +2 min; the worst 10% ran +52 min or later. 1% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

Arrival delay for completed flights (excludes cancellations and diversions).

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time25772%
16-30 min3911%
31-60 min349%
61-120 min247%
2+ hrs51%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-073073%+14 min
2025-083194%-1 min
2025-093083%+12 min
2025-103158%+19 min
2025-112875%+6 min
2025-123177%+8 min
2026-012986%-7 min
2026-022781%+2 min
2026-033165%+8 min
2026-043047%+19 min
2026-053158%+22 min
2026-063063%+24 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon4973%
Tue5375%
Wed5287%
Thu5167%
Fri5265%
Sat5074%
Sun5260%

Based on US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics on-time data. Loading the full breakdown…