Travel time to airport?

[mmtwinmama]

We will be in Carlsbad on our departure day, Sunday July 4th. Our flight is scheduled for 9am out of SNA(John Wayne, Orange County). Seeing as it's a Sunday if we left Carlsbad at 6am, would that be enough time?

[lcasa]

We will be in Carlsbad on our departure day, Sunday July 4th. Our flight is scheduled for 9am out of SNA(John Wayne, Orange County). Seeing as it's a Sunday if we left Carlsbad at 6am, would that be enough time?

it's a sunday but it is the 4th of july - so there might be a little extra traffic. Still 6 should be ok. There aren't a lot of alternative routes though, so just to be safe I might leave at 5:30. ( my husband thinks I'm ultra paranoid about flight times). 1 hr w/o traffic or construction is about minimum. Don't forget to consider time to return a rental car and/or check bags - although SNA is pretty easy for the latter.