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LGB → SMF

Long Beach International Airport Sacramento International Airport

How punctual is this route?

On-time arrivals
86.8%
Less than 15 minutes late
Cancelled
0.4%
Of scheduled flights
Average delay when late
53 min
Flights arriving 15+ minutes late
Flights tracked
1,852
Scheduled flights in the period

What caused the delays

  • Late-arriving aircraft 83%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning) 10%
  • Air traffic control & airport 7%
  • Extreme weather 0%
  • Security 0%

Share of delay minutes airlines attributed to each cause (BTS).

On-time arrivals by month
Sep 2025 Aug 2026
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MonthOn timeFlights
September 2025 90.6% 159
October 2025 87.1% 163
November 2025 82.9% 171
December 2025 83.4% 173
January 2026 91.9% 162
February 2026 89.0% 155
March 2026 90.6% 149
April 2026 93.0% 142
May 2026 88.9% 144
June 2026 77.5% 142
July 2026 84.8% 147
August 2026 81.9% 145

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

AirlineFlightsOn timeCancelledAvg. delay when late
Southwest Airlines 1,852 86.8% 0.4% 53 min

Delay odds by flight

How often each flight number arrived 15 or more minutes late over the last year.

  • WN1389

    14% late · 64 flights

  • WN2503

    2% late · 61 flights

  • WN2407

    2% late · 58 flights

  • WN2408

    5% late · 58 flights

  • WN2410

    9% late · 58 flights

  • WN2973

    2% late · 58 flights

  • WN2974

    3% late · 58 flights

  • WN1875

    16% late · 57 flights

  • WN2453

    24% late · 55 flights

  • WN2507

    23% late · 52 flights

  • WN4897

    50% late · 52 flights

  • WN2504

    16% late · 51 flights

  • WN2411

    22% late · 50 flights

  • WN2975

    10% late · 50 flights

  • WN2976

    16% late · 49 flights

  • WN2325

    9% late · 46 flights

  • WN3493

    11% late · 46 flights

  • WN709

    17% late · 46 flights

  • WN2513

    13% late · 45 flights

  • WN2505

    11% late · 36 flights

  • WN487

    3% late · 36 flights

  • WN963

    9% late · 34 flights

  • WN3773

    0% late · 33 flights

  • WN3781

    12% late · 33 flights

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