Best time to fly Portland to Santa Ana

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

Best month

June

99.2% on time · 118 flights

Worst month

December

82.8% on time · 149 flights

Month Flights On time Cancelled When late, by
January 118 87.1% 1.69% 25 min
February 107 88.7% 0.93% 26 min
March 124 90.3% 0% 57 min
April 120 95.7% 2.5% 25 min
May 124 98.4% 0.81% 19 min
June 118 99.2% 0% 53 min
July 119 90.5% 2.52% 44 min
August 133 89.2% 2.26% 24 min
September 147 95.2% 0% 39 min
October 143 84.3% 1.4% 39 min
November 144 89.6% 0% 38 min
December 149 82.8% 2.68% 34 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.