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Flights DL8946 21:00 Sa
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Direct flights from Philadelphia (PHL) to Santa Ana (SNA): 1 nonstop departure observed each week across 1 airline. The median arrival is 41 minutes late. No cancellations were recorded across the 1 tracked flight. The nonstop covers 3,822 km, an estimated 5 hours 24 minutes in the air. Measured by Pro Flight Search from live flight boards at Philadelphia and Santa Ana. Updated 25 October 2026 at 04:03 UTC.
PHL
Philadelphia
smooth · +0
SNA
Santa Ana
smooth · +0
3,822 km · ~5h 24m est.
Running clean · 1 airline · 1x weekly · nonstop
100 / 100
route health from live PHL and SNA delay boards
Median arrival delay is +41 min. 0 of 1 tracked legs cancelled in the sample. Will a delayed flight be cancelled? →
Median arrival+41 minacross the last 1 arrival
Flight time~5h 24mestimated from route distance
Weekly departures1x1 direct airline on the leg
The week
scheduled departures · origin local time06121824
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time, observed operating in the last 7 days. Today is highlighted.
Who flies it
observed on the boards · 7 daysHistory
operated legs · board outcomesActual board outcomes rather than schedules, paired departure and arrival per flight and day.
Full board history, day by day →
Airports right now
live boardsWeather lens
Conditions are tightest at PHL and SNA: a 38% chance of a 15+ minute delay. In this weather, the more delayed of the two airports is typically about +9 min. Both figures come from the two airports' delay records in similar weather. See live delays → · Weather risk by airport →
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How the Philadelphia to Santa Ana route actually runs
Pro Flight Search records official board updates for nonstop PHL to SNA flights through the day: schedules, estimates, gate pushes and actual departures. The verdict above comes from operated flights, so it reflects what this route does rather than what the timetable promises.
Planning around a delay? Live airport delays · Weather delay risk map · Will a delayed flight be cancelled? · Do planes make up time in the air? · How we measure
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Pro Flight Search: Philadelphia (PHL) to Santa Ana (SNA) route reliability, measured from operated flights on official airport boards.
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How we measure this →
https://proflightsearch.com/search-flights/PHL-SNA
PHL to SNA questions
Is PHL–SNA running on time right now?
Smooth skies ahead. Both endpoints currently score the same, route health score 100/100. The airports section above carries the live status and delay window at both ends.
How long is the flight from PHL to SNA?
Great-circle distance is 3,822 km. With typical jet cruise speed plus taxi, climb and descent, expect roughly 300–358 min gate-to-gate on this route.
How often does PHL–SNA fly?
Delta Air Lines runs the route with about 1 flight a week (sat). Since one carrier owns the route, a single disruption tends to ripple through the day.
What does the route health score measure?
A blend of departure-side delay at PHL and arrival-side delay at SNA, computed from rolling delay windows (refreshed every 40 minutes) with a daily-rollup fallback. Current MVFR, IFR, or LIFR endpoint weather caps the score when flight rules can limit throughput. Higher is healthier: 100 means operations are clean at both ends.
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