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Thu, Oct 22 - Mon, Oct 26
Frontier Logo
4:08 pm - 5:00 amSNA  Santa Ana J. Wayne/Orange Cnty-DTW Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County
9h 52m1 stop Las Vegas Harry Reid Intl
Frontier Logo
6:00 am - 2:08 pmDTW  Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County-SNA Santa Ana J. Wayne/Orange Cnty
11h 08m1 stop Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl
$212Frontier
Thu, Oct 22 - Mon, Oct 26
Frontier Logo
4:08 pm - 5:00 amSNA  Santa Ana J. Wayne/Orange Cnty-DTW Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County
9h 52m1 stop Las Vegas Harry Reid Intl
Frontier Logo
6:00 am - 2:08 pmDTW  Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County-SNA Santa Ana J. Wayne/Orange Cnty
11h 08m1 stop Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl
$217Frontier
Fri, Sep 25 - Tue, Sep 29
Multiple Airlines Logo
9:30 am - 2:30 pmSNA  Santa Ana J. Wayne/Orange Cnty-DTW Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County
26h 00m1 stop Phoenix Sky Harbor Intl
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7:15 am - 3:03 pmDTW  Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County-SNA Santa Ana J. Wayne/Orange Cnty
10h 48m1 stop Las Vegas Harry Reid Intl
$247Multiple Airlines
Thu, Oct 22 - Tue, Oct 27
Multiple Airlines Logo
4:08 pm - 5:00 amSNA  Santa Ana J. Wayne/Orange Cnty-DTW Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County
9h 52m1 stop Las Vegas Harry Reid Intl
Multiple Airlines Logo
7:15 am - 3:03 pmDTW  Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County-SNA Santa Ana J. Wayne/Orange Cnty
10h 48m1 stop Las Vegas Harry Reid Intl
$271Multiple Airlines
Mon, Sep 21 - Wed, Sep 23
Delta Logo
1:04 pm - 11:59 pmLGB  Long Beach Municipal-DTW Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County
7h 55m1 stop Salt Lake City
Delta Logo
8:25 am - 12:02 pmDTW  Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County-LGB Long Beach Municipal
6h 37m1 stop Salt Lake City
$437Delta
Mon, Oct 19 - Tue, Oct 27
Southwest Logo
7:55 am - 4:55 pmLGB  Long Beach Municipal-DTW Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County
6h 00m1 stop Chicago Midway
Southwest Logo
1:15 pm - 6:45 pmDTW  Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County-LGB Long Beach Municipal
8h 30m1 stop Las Vegas Harry Reid Intl
$437Southwest
Sat, Oct 17 - Tue, Oct 20
Southwest Logo
9:30 am - 6:15 pmLGB  Long Beach Municipal-DTW Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County
5h 45m1 stop Chicago Midway
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3:50 pm - 8:55 pmDTW  Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County-LGB Long Beach Municipal
8h 05m1 stop Denver Intl
$437Southwest
Fri, Sep 11 - Wed, Jan 6
American Airlines Logo
3:11 pm - 9:47 amSNA  Santa Ana J. Wayne/Orange Cnty-DTW Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County
15h 36m1 stop Chicago O'Hare Intl
American Airlines Logo
6:48 am - 2:32 pmDTW  Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County-SNA Santa Ana J. Wayne/Orange Cnty
10h 44m1 stop Chicago O'Hare Intl
$520American Airlines
Sat, Oct 3 - Tue, Oct 6
American Airlines Logo
7:45 am - 9:33 pmSNA  Santa Ana J. Wayne/Orange Cnty-DTW Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County
10h 48m1 stop Chicago O'Hare Intl
American Airlines Logo
10:22 am - 9:13 pmDTW  Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County-SNA Santa Ana J. Wayne/Orange Cnty
13h 51m1 stop Chicago O'Hare Intl
$530American Airlines
Wed, Nov 11 - Wed, Nov 18
Delta Logo
12:25 pm - 7:40 pmSNA  Santa Ana J. Wayne/Orange Cnty-DTW Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County
4h 15mnonstop
Delta Logo
8:25 am - 10:26 amDTW  Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County-SNA Santa Ana J. Wayne/Orange Cnty
5h 01mnonstop
$559Delta
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Flight from John Wayne (Santa Ana) to Detroit

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Reviews of the top 4 airlines serving from Orange County to Detroit

 
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8.0
SouthwestOverall score based on 4204 reviews
8.6Crew
7.0Food
8.0Comfort
7.5Entertainment
8.1Boarding
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Seated at front bulkhead for a smidge extra leg room away from home and on flight back home. Away crew was very proactive about assuring our carryons had space close behind us (because no seat in front of us our personal items had to be in a small bin overhead). They actively required passengers place overhead luggage on its side so more items could fit in bins. Home crew made no such efforts. I had to struggle back rows to get overhead bags upon landing, no crew help then either, and some disgruntled passengers as I and others retrieved our bags. There was a system that worked pretty well. The home bound crew just didn't feel like working.

4.0 OkayMather, Aug 2026
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Seated at front bulkhead for a smidge extra leg room away from home and on flight back home. Away crew was very proactive about assuring our carryons had space close behind us (because no seat in front of us our personal items had to be in a small bin overhead). They actively required passengers place overhead luggage on its side so more items could fit in bins. Home crew made no such efforts. I had to struggle back rows to get overhead bags upon landing, no crew help then either, and some disgruntled passengers as I and others retrieved our bags. There was a system that worked pretty well. The home bound crew just didn't feel like working.

Red eye from San Diego. Temperature of the cabin was way too warm and the air duct flowed very little air.

I think Southwest is the number one airline that anyone can fly I have flown for the first time Frontier and what a joke and their customer service United was a very strange experience I'm only sticking to Southwest from here on out for sure

Great job Southwest! My family doesn't fly often but we felt safe the whole time.

Flight was delayed, full flight and I had to change gates. Southwest flights are always late later in the day.

Was fine, delayed and feels like southwest is always late

The entire experience from boarding to landing was amazing! The crew were very friendly. Will definitely be back.

Delayed flight, lack of information, boarding process is a mess as is the carryon luggage causing issues when leaving the plane….just a poor experience.

Southwest like most American domestic airlines, is a mediocre airline. But it is among the cheapest. Oh well.

The plane was not very clean. Lots of napkins and kleenex on the floor and in the seat pocket

The flights were on time; all went as expected which is a big positive! No delays! There was no food or drink service in any legs, which I understand due to the short flight time.

They announced a mechanical issue prior to boarding Said it was fixed, we boarded Waited Then learned it was not fixed Had to deplane and go to new gate Bought wifi on plane and it never worked

Internet connectivity still seems to be touchy on these flights, making it difficult to rely on it for getting work done.

Poor communication, we sat on the plane for an hour before pushing back. They were oversold and with a full plane kept looking for someone to step off for someone else to board. So after an hour wait at the gate we missed our departure window and proceeded to spend an additional hour on the tarmac waiting for a refiled flight plan according to the pilots. Occasional updates, somewhat insensitive crew to passengers needing to use the lavatory (it was 2 hrs beyond what anyone expected). Overall just poor execution...especially when the flight was listed as "arriving early" up until about 30 minutes past our departure time.

Very good flight. Crew was great. No issues and we even arrived early.

Loved the crew! Sucks that we went from 1 hour and 8 minute layover to a 3 hour layover. But weather sucks like that.

Flight late, the waited for a long time for “personal” to arrive at gate to dock the plane in Rochester. So annoying. This flight was expected, why aren’t personel available for the jet bridge?

The landing was bad and the hostess came two times and i was sleeping but when she served the person that nexts to me I woke up and she didn’t even asked me if I need any drink or snacks two times!!!!

Waited 3 hours on a plane to de-ice due to manpower issues. Waited another hour and a half once we landed because of a gate issue. Missed my connections. Created. A total of 13 hours of delay.

Gate agent was a terrible person out to make people miserable

I paid extra for what I thought was leg room and it certainly was not. I had a very cramped experience on my flight from Dallas to Detroit and it was the section right behind first class section. I did however have an amazing flight from Atlanta to Dallas on the initial outbound flight.

Ninth consecutive American flight I have been on that was delayed

I rated the experience "mediocre" because of the 2 hour delay in take off. This is the 4th flight from DFW on AA where there was a delay and in one of the instances (after 13 delays), the flight was cancelled. I understand weather but for the March 18th flight, there was no weather issue in Dallas or Detroit. I called Concierge Key and they were wonderful, booking me on a later flight in case my flight was cancelled. I have flown with American for many years and never has there been this consistent pattern of delays. Very disappointing.

My carry on baggage was damaged. Entire trip, I had to carry the baggage. When complained to the boarding crew, they got mad at me and still asked me to valet check in the cabin baggage. Rude boarding crew!!!

Experience was good. We were delayed in leaving by 15 mins because the flight was waiting on a family that was late in getting to the gate. Food and drink options were as expected. I highly recommend checking in ahead of time using the airline’s app so that it’s quicker to get your luggage tags as soon as you arrive at the terminal. No more waiting in long lines!

It was one of my worst flight ever. First they were changing the gate for at least 4 times, changing from gate D7 to D12 to D44. Considering the size of the Miami Airport, we are talking about long distance and the train at the airport was not working. Then the flight was delayed around one hour. Then finally we boarded into the plane and when everybody was seated, there was an announcement that there is an issue with one of the tire of the plane, so we all had to get out of the plane with our belongings, to replace the tire. So we had around 2.5-hour delay

American Airlines initially postponed the flight. Then they cancelled it an rescheduled us on a flight that would take over 24 hours with multiple stops. They then changed this flight to a reasonable alternative the next day which they later cancelled and replaced with a flight that would take off with an additional 16 hour delay. They blamed weather but I noticed (at 4am) that Delta had direct flights from Charlotte to Detroit. I went on line. Booked it and was in Detroit buy 9am. The interesting thing is they did a similar thing to a family member just 2 days earlier. I don't think I will fly American unless I have to.

Excellent! The gate agents were kind enough to rebook me on an earlier flight saving me from a 6 hour layover. Even my luggage made it despite the fact that the connection was technically too narrow. The flight itself was very comfortable, roomy, and clean. Plenty of space for my carryon items with plugs to charge my phone. After a long international flight of 14 hours, this was an excellent way to end my travels!

The offered WiFi on AA isn't worth wasting time or effort on. If you manage to connect it's incredibly slow.

The service was good during the flight, but booking process was arduous due to mysterious partial cancellation (on the return leg), which took me 1 whole day to connect to the RJ’s NYC ticketing department to straighten it out. The reservation line of RJ customer service said they did not have the authority to un-cancel it, nor refund the ticket. To undo, I would have to email the NYC office and wait 5-6 days for reply, while my departure is 5 days away. Then the NYC phone number given (and I also found on their website) had no one answering, until I got someone in accounting or HR department to transfer me to ticketing dept. Then the seat upgrade at the gate only takes cash, no CC. From speaking with other tour mates, other airlines were given them the similar headache too - cancelling part of the trip without rescheduling options.

The seats are tiny and they don’t recline. The planes are dirty and very small. You have to pay for carry on and even the personal item that you’re allowed is smaller than with other airlines. Flights are usually delayed and there’s no screens or any amenities or entertainment.

I really didn't like anything. Paid for my checked luggage online ($79) and then was told that I would have to paid another $79 for my carry on. Was not allowed to enter the terminal until 3 hours before my flight and when I finally was allowed to check my bag and enter, my flight was delayed 3 times. When I finally landed, we were all instructed to "run off the plane" as they had to do a quick turn around to Las Vegas. Me and several of my flying companions will never fly Frontier again.

It was awful everything about it terrible I will never ever ever ride it again

It was awful ....my first time flying on it and I will NEVER fly it again ....everything about it was terrible .....most especially the flight attendants

They didn’t offer a water, even after I asked

Both legs of the flight were changed. The day of the flight and length of the trip.

They switched my flight to Spirit, Never using Kayak again,

There were a lot of issues at the gate in Atlanta — which caused delays in boarding and getting to our destination. The aircraft and crew were excellent.

It was fine. The flight was delayed for 3 hours. I had things scheduled in Detroit, and I let a lot of people down by not being there on time.

Flight was canceled as soon as I got to the airport

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