SFO → SNA United Airlines

United Airlines · San Francisco, CA to Santa Ana, CA · 2,172 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 26 flight numbers

This route's scheduled flight time has grown by 10 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
84%
Median delay
-7 min
90th percentile
+29 min
Cancellation rate
1%

How on-time is United Airlines from SFO to SNA?

Across every United Airlines flight number on SFO → SNA (2,172 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 84% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -7 min; the worst 10% ran +29 min or later. 1% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time1,80884%
16-30 min1406%
31-60 min1035%
61-120 min623%
2+ hrs422%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0718584%+3 min
2025-0819288%+1 min
2025-0920092%-5 min
2025-1020589%+0 min
2025-1120482%+5 min
2025-1218479%+13 min
2026-0115886%+4 min
2026-0213582%+12 min
2026-0315388%-5 min
2026-0417782%+1 min
2026-0518279%+2 min
2026-0618074%+12 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon31480%
Tue31087%
Wed31284%
Thu30784%
Fri31181%
Sat28890%
Sun31381%

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