The flight time from Dallas Fort Worth to Santa Ana is 3 hours, 14 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves DFW Dallas Fort Worth, TX 1 minute early.
17 minutes taxiing out
2 hours, 47 minutes in the air
6 minutes taxiing in
Arrives SNA Santa Ana, CA 3 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

American
83%
Frontier
64%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from Dallas Fort Worth to Santa Ana is 3 hours, 14 minutes. The time spent in the air is 2 hours, 47 minutes.

The flight distance from Dallas Fort Worth to Santa Ana is 1205 Miles.

Reverse Journey

Santa Ana to Dallas Fort Worth
2 hours, 55 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

American
3h 13m
Frontier
3h 16m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flight Time by Time of Day ?

12AM06AM12PM06PM1h2h3h
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flights By Time of Day ?
(Average)

12AM06AM12PM06PM0.00.51.01.52.0

Flights Per Week

62

Distance

1205 Miles

Flights By Month ?

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Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun0246810

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

American
58
Frontier
4

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is Dallas Fort Worth from Santa Ana by plane?

The distance from Dallas Fort Worth to Santa Ana by plane is 1205 Miles. This is the air distance on the most direct route taken by the vast majority of flights.

How long is the flight from Dallas Fort Worth to Santa Ana?

The flight time from Dallas Fort Worth to Santa Ana is 3 hours, 14 minutes. The time spent in the air is 2 hours, 47 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with American being the fastest taking 3 hours, 13 minutes, and Frontier the slowest taking 3 hours, 16 minutes.

What airlines fly from Dallas Fort Worth to Santa Ana?

Frontier and American are the airlines with direct flights from Dallas Fort Worth to Santa Ana.

Does Southwest fly from Dallas Fort Worth to Santa Ana?

Southwest does not fly from Dallas Fort Worth (DFW) to Santa Ana (SNA). Keep in mind that Southwest may fly to other nearby airports, as they will often fly into smaller airpors instead of larger ones. This is because the costs are often lower to fly into smaller airports, and they pass the savings on to you.

Tables and Explanations

Data Source

Our information is computed from the latest available data from the US Department of Transportation.

Average Timeline Timeline Chart

The average timeline contains the median time a flight spends in 3 stages. The first of these three stages is taxiing out which includes the time from the flight leaving the gate to taking off. The second stage is in the air, which includes the time spent from the flight leaving the ground to touching back down at the end of it's journey. The last stage is taxiing in, which is from when the flight touches down to the flight arriving at it's gate.

The average timeline also estimates on average of when the flight will leave and arrive relative to it's stated departure time.

Leaves Dallas Fort Worth 1 minute early
Taxi Out Time 17 minutes
In the Air 167 minutes
Taxiing In 6 minutes
Arrives Santa Ana 3 minutes early

Flight Reliability Reliability Chart

The reliability of an airline measures how often the airline's flights on this route are cancelled or delayed more than 20 minutes. For example, from Dallas Fort Worth to Santa Ana, Frontier is 64% reliable, which means that Frontier flights are on time 64% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
American 83% 16% 1%
Frontier 64% 32% 4%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between Dallas Fort Worth and Santa Ana, this is due to different operational factors on the ground, as well as scheduling of planes. Each airline's flight time is split into three stages which are described above in the "Average Timeline" section. There are also miscellaneous operational issues which are included in the below total but are not accounted for in one of the three stages.

Airline Taxiing Out
(minutes)
In the Air
(minutes)
Taxiing In
(minutes)
Total
(minutes)
American 17 167 6 193
Frontier 22 166 6 196

Flights By Time of Day Flight Time By Day Chart

This one is pretty self explanatory, it represents the number of flights that leave the gate in a given hour of the day. The tricky thing here is that this is normally not a whole number since it is an average over 52 weeks. Partial numbers may indicate that a flight may be seasonal or may take off at different times due to different operational factors.

Time Count
4pm 0.48
5pm 0.58
6pm 0.82
9pm 0.5
9am 0.55
6am 0.01
3pm 0.3
2pm 1.05
12pm 0.94
1pm 0.1
11am 0.25
7pm 0.39
8am 0.87
7am 0.54
10am 0.78
8pm 0.61

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from Dallas Fort Worth to Santa Ana that take off in a given month of the year. This number changes because some flights are seasonal, and almost all flights have uneven demand througout the year.

Month Count
January 261
February 251
March 276
April 262
May 281
June 295
July 300
August 300
September 277
October 294
November 232
December 229

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from Dallas Fort Worth to Santa Ana that take off on a given day of the week. Some routes only have enough demand to sustain a few trips a week, while others have many flights a day. This number is also an average across the year, and hence may not be a whole number.

Day Count
Monday 9.02
Tuesday 8.79
Wednesday 8.98
Thursday 9.17
Friday 9.25
Saturday 8.4
Sunday 9.04

Flight per Airline (per Week) Flights By Airline Chart

How many times an airline flies this route in a week. Different factors play into how often a carrier chooses to fly a given route including it's need to connect disparate routes, and demand.

Airline Flights per Week
American 1
Frontier 0

Flight Time By Time of Day Flight Time by Time of Day Chart

The total flight time varies by each hour of the day due to factors such as airport traffic. More flights leaving an airport may cause higher taxi in or taxi out times. See the description of the average timeline above for a deeper discussion of each of these times.

Time Taxi Out
(minutes)
In the Air
(minutes)
Taxi In
(minutes)
Total
(minutes)
4pm 17 163 6 187
5pm 16 163 6 187
6pm 19 166 6 192
9pm 19 160 5 187
9am 16 174 7 198
6am 16 168 7 199
3pm 14 176 6 198
2pm 15 168 6 191
12pm 17 168 8 195
1pm 16 163 6 190
11am 17 164 11 194
7pm 19 164 6 192
8am 22 168 7 198
7am 17 165 6 190
10am 20 170 8 200
8pm 16 168 6 191
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.