Best time to fly Dallas/Fort Worth to Santa Ana

Every month pooled across the years on record, so "July" means July generally rather than one particular July. Full DFW to SNA record →

Best month

January

86.7% on time · 241 flights

Worst month

July

68.4% on time · 262 flights

Month Flights On time Cancelled When late, by
January 241 86.7% 12.03% 147 min
February 214 81.6% 0.47% 55 min
March 240 86.6% 0.42% 45 min
April 236 78.5% 0.85% 53 min
May 255 79.5% 3.92% 68 min
June 269 69.9% 4.46% 56 min
July 262 68.4% 3.05% 59 min
August 255 68.9% 4.31% 62 min
September 247 82.4% 2.83% 48 min
October 260 80.4% 1.15% 44 min
November 214 77% 2.34% 74 min
December 224 71.8% 0% 51 min

What a seasonal pattern can and cannot tell you

Months differ for reasons that repeat — summer thunderstorms in the American interior, winter fog and de-icing in northern Europe, school holidays filling every seat and leaving no slack in the schedule. Those are real and they come back each year.

What the pattern cannot do is forecast a particular flight. A quiet month has late days and a bad month has punctual ones. Treat this as a way to choose between two dates you are indifferent about, not as a promise.