Holiday travel
Holiday travel at SNA
John Wayne Airport, Santa Ana, CA. July 2023 – July 2026. Set against SNA’s own ordinary days of the same weekday in the weeks around each holiday.
The five holidays at SNA
At SNA, Christmas to New Year’s ran furthest below ordinary days (−1.9 points) and July 4 furthest above (+5.8 points).
Each row pools every year of that holiday’s window at SNA and sets it against SNA’s own ordinary days of the same weekdays in the weeks around it. Open a holiday for its day-by-day figures.
| Holiday | On time | Gap from usual, points | Cancelled | Worst day | Best day | All airports, gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thanksgiving3 times in the data | 84.7%usual 83.7% | +1.0about the sameyears: 1 better, 1 about the same, 1 worse | 0.58%usual 0.78% | Sunday after (three of three) | Friday after (two of three) | −2.1worse |
| Christmas to New Year’s3 times in the data | 82.1%usual 84.0% | −1.9worseyears: 1 better, 2 worse | 1.37%usual 1.02% | Moved each year | Moved each year | −3.2worse |
| July 44 times in the data | 83.2%usual 77.4% | +5.8betteryears: 4 better | 0.89%usual 1.41% | July 5 (two of three) | July 3 (three of three) | +5.2better |
| Memorial Day3 times in the data | 84.1%usual 79.0% | +5.1betteryears: 2 better, 1 about the same | 0.56%usual 0.96% | Memorial Day (two of two) | Sunday before (two of two) | −0.3about the same |
| Labor Day3 times in the data | 85.9%usual 82.3% | +3.6betteryears: 2 better, 1 about the same | 1.06%usual 1.58% | Labor Day (years pooled) | Sunday before (years pooled) | +4.2better |
A dash means fewer than 120 flights stood behind the figure, or behind the ordinary days it would be compared with: too few to print a rate, and nothing is estimated in its place. “Usual” is what ordinary days of the same weekday had at the same place in the weeks around the holiday, weighted by the flights being compared.