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SLC → SMF

Salt Lake City International Airport Sacramento International Airport

How punctual is this route?

On-time arrivals
84.8%
Less than 15 minutes late
Cancelled
0.9%
Of scheduled flights
Average delay when late
69 min
Flights arriving 15+ minutes late
Flights tracked
2,165
Scheduled flights in the period

What caused the delays

  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning) 50%
  • Late-arriving aircraft 43%
  • Air traffic control & airport 5%
  • Extreme weather 2%
  • 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% 180
October 2025 80.1% 191
November 2025 89.3% 182
December 2025 81.3% 166
January 2026 87.6% 156
February 2026 87.8% 149
March 2026 84.2% 169
April 2026 87.7% 173
May 2026 91.0% 200
June 2026 82.3% 199
July 2026 83.7% 206
August 2026 73.6% 194

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
Delta Air Lines 1,503 86.4% 1.2% 72 min
Southwest Airlines 585 80.8% 0.3% 63 min
SkyWest Airlines 77 84.4% 0.0% 63 min

Delay odds by flight

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

  • DL1423

    15% late · 358 flights

  • DL1582

    11% late · 349 flights

  • DL1342

    18% late · 347 flights

  • DL1367

    7% late · 328 flights

  • DL2585

    21% late · 84 flights

  • WN4311

    2% late · 57 flights

  • WN3757

    48% late · 52 flights

  • WN4312

    29% late · 49 flights

  • WN4981

    5% late · 43 flights

  • OO4120

    21% late · 38 flights

  • WN4352

    3% late · 34 flights

  • WN264

    22% late · 33 flights

  • WN3598

    6% late · 31 flights

  • WN3611

    10% late · 30 flights

  • WN1169

    7% late · 28 flights

  • WN574

    36% late · 25 flights

  • WN3487

    21% late · 24 flights

  • WN3610

    14% late · 22 flights

  • DL1420

    29% late · 21 flights

  • WN3676

    65% late · 20 flights

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