Denver (DEN) – Santa Ana (SNA)
- Distance
- 1,361 km
- 846 mi · 735 nm
- Flight time
- 2 h 24 min / 2 h 15 min
- Average gate to gate: DEN → SNA / back
- Time difference
- 1 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 171 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (101 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 981,827
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · +6.1%
- Flights / week
- 141
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 85%
- 1,152,388 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 3
- UA, WN, F9
Traffic: U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service), Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Distance: WGS-84 ellipsoid. CO2: UK DESNZ 2026 factors. Sources
The way there
- Heading from DEN
- 244°
- Heading from SNA
- 56°
- Halfway point
- 36.95, -111.54
- Great-circle km
- 1,360 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air DEN → SNA
- 1 h 59 min
- In the air SNA → DEN
- 1 h 51 min
- Clocks
- Santa Ana is 1 h behind Denver
The estimate for a route without real times is 2 h 25 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
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| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 88,537 |
| Sep 2025 | 88,484 |
| Oct 2025 | 91,423 |
| Nov 2025 | 77,335 |
| Dec 2025 | 79,232 |
| Jan 2026 | 68,024 |
| Feb 2026 | 66,887 |
| Mar 2026 | 80,983 |
| Apr 2026 | 76,377 |
| May 2026 | 82,208 |
| Jun 2026 | 90,729 |
| Jul 2026 | 91,608 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 608 |
| Sep 2025 | 626 |
| Oct 2025 | 664 |
| Nov 2025 | 596 |
| Dec 2025 | 626 |
| Jan 2026 | 550 |
| Feb 2026 | 510 |
| Mar 2026 | 599 |
| Apr 2026 | 593 |
| May 2026 | 638 |
| Jun 2026 | 649 |
| Jul 2026 | 667 |
Airlines flying DEN–SNA nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| UAUnited Air Lines | 71 | 51% |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 59 | 39% |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 11 | 9% |
Both directions, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Airlines with at least one flight a month. U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service). Sources
Aircraft on this route
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 2,788 flights
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 2,315 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 922 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-200n · 488 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 315 flights
- Airbus Industrie A319 · 304 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 194 flights
Also carried: 175 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 82.2%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 10 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 0.3%
- Flights counted
- 7,371
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| UAUnited Air Lines | 86.6% | 8 min |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 76% | 13 min |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 87.1% | 11 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 27% · aircraft arriving late 45% · air traffic system 26% · weather 2% · security 0%.
Both directions, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. BTS Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance (US domestic flights of the larger US airlines). Sources
What passengers paid
- Average fare, Q1 2026
- $241
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $214
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- United Air Lines
- 52% of passengers · $269
- Lowest-fare airline
- Frontier Airlines
- 13% of passengers · $137
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $206 · Q3 2025 $198 · Q4 2025 $215 · Q1 2026 $241).
U.S. DOT Consumer Airfare Report, Table 1a (airline ticket sample, US domestic airport pairs). Sources
Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)
Measured by great-circle distance: 1,360 km.
Neither EU261 nor UK261 covers this route: it neither starts nor ends in the EU, EEA, Switzerland or the UK. Other countries have their own rules (for example Canada's APPR or Brazil's ANAC rules).
Also owed for a cancellation with less than 14 days' notice or denied boarding. Not owed for extraordinary circumstances. On a connection, the distance to the final destination counts. From 23 October 2027 the EU's Regulation 2026/2202 applies; it keeps these amounts (what changes in 2027). Information, not legal advice.
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