Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) – Santa Ana (SNA)
- Distance
- 1,939 km
- 1,205 mi · 1,047 nm
- Flight time
- 3 h 12 min / 3 h
- Average gate to gate: DFW → SNA / back
- Time difference
- 2 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 243 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (144 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 820,687
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · +4.0%
- Flights / week
- 109
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 84%
- 978,448 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 2
- AA, 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 DFW
- 278°
- Heading from SNA
- 87°
- Halfway point
- 33.73, -107.41
- Great-circle km
- 1,935 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air DFW → SNA
- 2 h 45 min
- In the air SNA → DFW
- 2 h 30 min
- Clocks
- Santa Ana is 2 h behind Dallas-Fort Worth
The estimate for a route without real times is 3 h 5 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 69,414 |
| Sep 2025 | 67,147 |
| Oct 2025 | 74,972 |
| Nov 2025 | 60,056 |
| Dec 2025 | 65,086 |
| Jan 2026 | 58,058 |
| Feb 2026 | 59,345 |
| Mar 2026 | 69,606 |
| Apr 2026 | 67,174 |
| May 2026 | 69,647 |
| Jun 2026 | 77,474 |
| Jul 2026 | 82,708 |
Show as a table
| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 478 |
| Sep 2025 | 477 |
| Oct 2025 | 512 |
| Nov 2025 | 418 |
| Dec 2025 | 444 |
| Jan 2026 | 422 |
| Feb 2026 | 424 |
| Mar 2026 | 476 |
| Apr 2026 | 465 |
| May 2026 | 485 |
| Jun 2026 | 507 |
| Jul 2026 | 556 |
Airlines flying DFW–SNA nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| AAAmerican Airlines | 107 | 98% |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 1.6 | 2% |
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 · 4,492 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 953 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 131 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-200n · 66 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 12 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 10 flights
Also carried: 25 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 79.2%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 17 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 3%
- Flights counted
- 5,872
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| AAAmerican Airlines | 79.4% | 17 min |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 62.2% | 37 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 37% · aircraft arriving late 44% · air traffic system 12% · weather 7% · 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
- $399
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $371
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- American Airlines
- 95% of passengers · $404
- Lowest-fare airline
- Spirit Air Lines
- 1% of passengers · $123
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $363 · Q3 2025 $364 · Q4 2025 $360 · Q1 2026 $399).
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: 1,935 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.
More routes from DFW
| Route | Distance | Passengers / year |
|---|---|---|
| DFW → ATL | 1,177 km | 1,929,257 |
| DFW → ORD | 1,290 km | 1,916,312 |
| DFW → LAX | 1,987 km | 1,914,491 |
| DFW → DEN | 1,032 km | 1,745,260 |
| DFW → LGA | 2,235 km | 1,726,005 |
| DFW → PHX | 1,396 km | 1,648,391 |
| DFW → LAS | 1,698 km | 1,630,211 |
| DFW → MCO | 1,585 km | 1,605,592 |
| DFW → SEA | 2,671 km | 1,577,921 |
| DFW → MIA | 1,804 km | 1,512,657 |