The flight time from Salt Lake City to Santa Ana is 1 hour, 51 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves SLC Salt Lake City, UT 4 minutes early.
16 minutes taxiing out
1 hour, 27 minutes in the air
6 minutes taxiing in
Arrives SNA Santa Ana, CA 8 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

Southwest
100%
Delta
88%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from Salt Lake City to Santa Ana is 1 hour, 51 minutes. The time spent in the air is 1 hour, 27 minutes.

The flight distance from Salt Lake City to Santa Ana is 588 Miles.

Reverse Journey

Santa Ana to Salt Lake City
1 hour, 47 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

Southwest
1h 38m
Delta
1h 51m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flight Time by Time of Day ?

12AM06AM12PM06PM 30m1h1h 30m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flights By Time of Day ?
(Average)

12AM06AM12PM06PM0.00.20.40.60.81.0

Flights Per Week

33

Distance

588 Miles

Flights By Month ?

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Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun012345

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

Delta
32
Southwest
0

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is Salt Lake City from Santa Ana by plane?

The distance from Salt Lake City to Santa Ana by plane is 588 Miles. This is the air distance on the most direct route taken by the vast majority of flights.

How long is the flight from Salt Lake City to Santa Ana?

The flight time from Salt Lake City to Santa Ana is 1 hour, 51 minutes. The time spent in the air is 1 hour, 27 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with Southwest being the fastest taking 1 hour, 38 minutes, and Delta the slowest taking 1 hour, 51 minutes.

What airlines fly from Salt Lake City to Santa Ana?

Delta and Southwest are the airlines with direct flights from Salt Lake City to Santa Ana.

Does Southwest fly from Salt Lake City to Santa Ana?

Yes! Southwest does fly from Salt Lake City (SLC) to Santa Ana (SNA). On average, they have 0 flights per week on this route. This may vary seasonally, please check the chart above for more details.

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 Salt Lake City 4 minutes early
Taxi Out Time 16 minutes
In the Air 87 minutes
Taxiing In 6 minutes
Arrives Santa Ana 8 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 Salt Lake City to Santa Ana, Southwest is 100% reliable, which means that Southwest flights are on time 100% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
Southwest 100% 0% 0%
Delta 88% 12% 0%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between Salt Lake City 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)
Southwest 11 84 3 98
Delta 16 87 6 111

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
5pm 0.68
9pm 0.74
8am 0.99
12pm 0.02
3pm 1
11am 0.99
8pm 0.25

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from Salt Lake City 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 130
February 116
March 143
April 146
May 150
June 144
July 146
August 151
September 143
October 150
November 145
December 152

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from Salt Lake City 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 4.77
Tuesday 4.87
Wednesday 4.9
Thursday 4.75
Friday 4.79
Saturday 4.17
Sunday 4.75

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
Delta 1
Southwest 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)
5pm 14 87 6 109
9pm 16 86 6 110
8am 17 87 6 113
12pm 11 84 3 98
3pm 15 88 6 111
11am 16 88 9 114
8pm 15 87 6 111
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.