DEN → SNA Southwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines · Denver, CO to Santa Ana, CA · 1,534 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 86 flight numbers

This route has been getting less reliable recently — 2026-06's on-time rate (51%) is well below the 77% average from earlier months.
On-time arrival
74%
Median delay
+1 min
90th percentile
+41 min
Cancellation rate
0%

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

Across every Southwest Airlines flight number on DEN → SNA (1,534 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 74% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay +1 min; the worst 10% ran +41 min or later. 0% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time1,13574%
16-30 min17211%
31-60 min1429%
61-120 min614%
2+ hrs171%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0713264%+17 min
2025-0813472%+14 min
2025-0913376%+10 min
2025-1013273%+9 min
2025-1112784%+1 min
2025-1213371%+10 min
2026-0110286%-6 min
2026-0210485%+1 min
2026-0313080%+5 min
2026-0413278%+7 min
2026-0513578%+3 min
2026-0613351%+23 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon24571%
Tue20478%
Wed19979%
Thu24168%
Fri24772%
Sat14779%
Sun24476%

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