Route
SMF → DTW
Sacramento International Airport Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport
2,013 miles
Return route DTW → SMF →
How punctual is this route?
- On-time arrivals
- 90.0%
- Less than 15 minutes late
- Cancelled
- 0.0%
- Of scheduled flights
- Average delay when late
- 132 min
- Flights arriving 15+ minutes late
- Flights tracked
- 171
- Scheduled flights in the period
What caused the delays
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning) 81%
- Late-arriving aircraft 14%
- Air traffic control & airport 5%
- Extreme weather 0%
- Security 0%
Share of delay minutes airlines attributed to each cause (BTS).
Sep 2025
May 2026
Show as table
| Month | On time | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| September 2025 | 93.3% | 30 |
| October 2025 | 86.7% | 30 |
| November 2025 | 88.0% | 25 |
| December 2025 | 100.0% | 1 |
| March 2026 | 87.5% | 24 |
| April 2026 | 89.7% | 30 |
| May 2026 | 93.5% | 31 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines | 171 | 90.0% | 0.0% | 132 min |
Delay odds by flight
How often each flight number arrived 15 or more minutes late over the last year.
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