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STS vs SNA - Airport Comparison

Select two airports to compare on-time performance, delays, cancellations, and top routes using U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) data (2020–2025) across all 50 states. See our methodology for how metrics are computed.

Airport A
STS

Santa Rosa, CA

Santa Rosa, California

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Airport B
SNA

Santa Ana, CA

Santa Ana, California

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Key Performance Metrics

BTS on-time performance data, 2020–2025 cumulative.

Metric STS SNA
On-Time Rate (higher is better) 83.3% 82.5%
Avg Delay (lower is better) 70.1 min 65.2 min
Delay Rate (lower is better) 16.7% 17.5%
Cancellation Rate (lower is better) 0.80% 1.05%
Total Flights 43,075 482,186
Delayed Flights 7,178 84,472
Cancelled Flights 344 5,040
Top Delay Cause Late Aircraft Late Aircraft

✓ / ▲ indicates the more favorable value. Data: BTS On-Time Performance, 2020–2025.

Delay Cause Breakdown

STS - Santa Rosa, CA

Late Aircraft 51.4%
Carrier 26.3%
NAS 13.3%
Weather 8.8%
Security 0.2%

SNA - Santa Ana, CA

Late Aircraft 44.5%
Carrier 32.3%
NAS 19.9%
Weather 3.1%
Security 0.2%

Top Routes

Top routes from STS

Route Flights On-Time
STS → LAX
Los Angeles
3,457 83.8%
LAX → STS
Santa Rosa
3,375 84%
SAN → STS
Santa Rosa
3,245 80.9%
STS → SAN
San Diego
3,163 77.9%
SEA → STS
Santa Rosa
2,915 81.3%
STS → SEA
Seattle
2,915 80.1%

Top routes from SNA

Route Flights On-Time
SNA → PHX
Phoenix
23,628 83.2%
PHX → SNA
Santa Ana
23,622 83.1%
SNA → LAS
Las Vegas
23,140 79.7%
LAS → SNA
Santa Ana
23,131 79.3%
SNA → SFO
San Francisco
22,074 81%
SFO → SNA
Santa Ana
22,048 84.4%

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025) Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025) On-time rates exclude cancelled and diverted flights. PlainFlights is not affiliated with BTS or the DOT

Every figure on PlainFlights is rendered directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no number is typed in by an editor. This tool queries live on-time, delay, and cancellation figures for the two selected airports from the dataset. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.