ORD → SNA American Airlines

American Airlines · Chicago, IL to Santa Ana, CA · 1,172 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 12 flight numbers

This route's scheduled flight time has grown by 13 min since 2025-07 — some of the on-time performance may reflect a more generous published schedule, not a faster or more reliable flight.
On-time arrival
76%
Median delay
-4 min
90th percentile
+44 min
Cancellation rate
2%

How on-time is American Airlines from ORD to SNA?

Across every American Airlines flight number on ORD → SNA (1,172 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 76% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -4 min; the worst 10% ran +44 min or later. 2% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time86976%
16-30 min11210%
31-60 min817%
61-120 min575%
2+ hrs282%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0711483%+11 min
2025-0811476%+3 min
2025-0910480%+1 min
2025-1011974%+13 min
2025-118486%-8 min
2025-128674%+11 min
2026-018372%+4 min
2026-028273%+4 min
2026-039169%+7 min
2026-048967%+14 min
2026-059377%+4 min
2026-068874%+18 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon16870%
Tue16686%
Wed16277%
Thu16680%
Fri17176%
Sat14870%
Sun16672%

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