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SEA → SMF

Seattle–Tacoma International Airport Sacramento International Airport

How punctual is this route?

On-time arrivals
82.1%
Less than 15 minutes late
Cancelled
0.4%
Of scheduled flights
Average delay when late
57 min
Flights arriving 15+ minutes late
Flights tracked
4,387
Scheduled flights in the period

What caused the delays

  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning) 42%
  • Late-arriving aircraft 40%
  • Extreme weather 9%
  • Air traffic control & airport 9%
  • 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 84.1% 398
October 2025 84.9% 375
November 2025 84.1% 350
December 2025 73.4% 294
January 2026 84.2% 311
February 2026 85.0% 281
March 2026 81.0% 350
April 2026 87.5% 369
May 2026 85.3% 389
June 2026 83.8% 408
July 2026 74.3% 429
August 2026 78.4% 433

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
SkyWest Airlines 1,839 89.1% 0.3% 70 min
Alaska Airlines 1,409 80.2% 0.6% 51 min
Southwest Airlines 1,139 73.3% 0.4% 53 min

Delay odds by flight

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

  • OO3881

    9% late · 359 flights

  • OO4125

    9% late · 349 flights

  • OO4131

    12% late · 328 flights

  • OO4043

    11% late · 316 flights

  • AS681

    18% late · 278 flights

  • OO4153

    13% late · 141 flights

  • OO3505

    6% late · 126 flights

  • AS763

    26% late · 98 flights

  • AS1380

    33% late · 70 flights

  • AS1428

    26% late · 70 flights

  • AS682

    4% late · 70 flights

  • AS638

    29% late · 69 flights

  • OO3329

    15% late · 66 flights

  • AS321

    32% late · 60 flights

  • WN3375

    12% late · 60 flights

  • WN3629

    2% late · 60 flights

  • WN2862

    4% late · 58 flights

  • WN3494

    11% late · 58 flights

  • AS1194

    19% late · 55 flights

  • AS672

    19% late · 53 flights

  • WN1601

    28% late · 53 flights

  • AS619

    12% late · 52 flights

  • WN4204

    43% late · 51 flights

  • AS1540

    8% late · 49 flights

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