Route
LAX → SMF
Los Angeles International Airport Sacramento International Airport
How punctual is this route?
- On-time arrivals
- 84.8%
- Less than 15 minutes late
- Cancelled
- 0.4%
- Of scheduled flights
- Average delay when late
- 70 min
- Flights arriving 15+ minutes late
- Flights tracked
- 5,708
- Scheduled flights in the period
What caused the delays
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning) 46%
- Late-arriving aircraft 40%
- Extreme weather 10%
- Air traffic control & airport 5%
- Security 0%
Share of delay minutes airlines attributed to each cause (BTS).
Show as table
| Month | On time | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| September 2025 | 90.2% | 461 |
| October 2025 | 86.4% | 516 |
| November 2025 | 85.8% | 455 |
| December 2025 | 85.0% | 431 |
| January 2026 | 84.2% | 419 |
| February 2026 | 84.4% | 403 |
| March 2026 | 80.5% | 451 |
| April 2026 | 84.5% | 471 |
| May 2026 | 82.5% | 525 |
| June 2026 | 82.5% | 521 |
| July 2026 | 84.9% | 518 |
| August 2026 | 86.2% | 537 |
Source: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics on-time data, September 2025 – August 2026. Covers flights operated by reporting U.S. carriers. About our data
Airlines on this route
| Airline | Flights | On time | Cancelled | Avg. delay when late |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SkyWest Airlines | 3,559 | 87.7% | 0.4% | 82 min |
| Southwest Airlines | 1,650 | 79.0% | 0.2% | 59 min |
| Frontier Airlines | 242 | 81.0% | 2.1% | 62 min |
| United Airlines | 202 | 83.6% | 0.0% | 46 min |
| Delta Air Lines | 55 | 89.1% | 0.0% | 60 min |
Delay odds by flight
How often each flight number arrived 15 or more minutes late over the last year.
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OO3755
5% late · 365 flights
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OO3812
10% late · 348 flights
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OO3759
12% late · 343 flights
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OO4908
21% late · 326 flights
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OO3712
11% late · 255 flights
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F93315
20% late · 230 flights
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OO3822
8% late · 188 flights
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OO5430
15% late · 185 flights
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OO4887
19% late · 178 flights
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OO5537
11% late · 177 flights
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OO5858
12% late · 137 flights
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OO4101
17% late · 114 flights
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OO3522
10% late · 109 flights
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OO6429
12% late · 97 flights
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OO4083
21% late · 85 flights
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OO6348
13% late · 76 flights
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OO6346
12% late · 75 flights
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OO3700
17% late · 69 flights
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OO3985
10% late · 68 flights
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WN2132
10% late · 64 flights
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WN615
27% late · 63 flights
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WN1049
5% late · 58 flights
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WN2341
5% late · 58 flights
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WN2565
12% late · 58 flights
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