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Santa Ana (SNA) departure delays

Name: Santa Ana (SNA) departure delays
Creator: FlightLabs

Of 4,836 sampled departures, 34.5% left 15 minutes or more behind schedule. Average lateness was 18.4 minutes. Sample window: Nov 15, 2025 to Aug 16, 2026.

These are historical aggregates, not live status. A departure is late at 15 minutes past schedule.

When departures are on time

Best hour to depart: 22:00–22:59, 12.5% late.
Best day of week: Saturday, 23.0% late.

Airlines with the most late departures

Airline	Flights sampled	Late	Average lateness
ChallengAir (1I)	235	86.4%	42.2 min
Air Canada (AC)	31	48.4%	21.3 min
Mexicana (MX)	73	48.0%	29.1 min
American Airlines (AA)	376	45.0%	22.2 min
United Airlines (UA)	374	44.7%	30.0 min

Routes from SNA

SNA to SFO — 136 flights per week
SNA to LAS — 126 flights per week
SNA to PHX — 116 flights per week

The departures that are late right now

34.5% of this SNA sample left 15 minutes late or more. GET /flight_delays returns the ones that are late at this moment: airline, flight number, scheduled time, actual time and minutes of delay.

https://www.goflightlabs.com/flight_delays?access_key=YOUR_ACCESS_KEY&delay=15&type=departures&dep_iata=SNA

Example response

Field names match the live API. This flight only shows the shape. It is not a live result.

{ "success": true, "data": [ { "airline_iata": "AA", "flight_iata": "AA100", "flight_number": "100", "dep_iata": "SNA", "dep_time": "2024-03-15 08:00", "dep_actual": "2024-03-15 08:22", "dep_delayed": 22, "status": "active" } ] }

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