Route
SMF → EWR
Sacramento International Airport Newark Liberty International Airport
2,500 miles
Return route EWR → SMF →
How punctual is this route?
- On-time arrivals
- 75.1%
- Less than 15 minutes late
- Cancelled
- 2.8%
- Of scheduled flights
- Average delay when late
- 64 min
- Flights arriving 15+ minutes late
- Flights tracked
- 283
- Scheduled flights in the period
What caused the delays
- Late-arriving aircraft 45%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning) 42%
- Air traffic control & airport 9%
- Extreme weather 4%
- Security 0%
Share of delay minutes airlines attributed to each cause (BTS).
Sep 2025
Aug 2026
Show as table
| Month | On time | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| September 2025 | 79.3% | 30 |
| October 2025 | 61.3% | 31 |
| November 2025 | 72.4% | 30 |
| December 2025 | 76.7% | 31 |
| January 2026 | 80.0% | 5 |
| March 2026 | 100.0% | 3 |
| April 2026 | 86.2% | 30 |
| May 2026 | 93.5% | 31 |
| June 2026 | 69.0% | 30 |
| July 2026 | 60.7% | 31 |
| August 2026 | 72.4% | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Airlines | 283 | 75.1% | 2.8% | 64 min |
Delay odds by flight
How often each flight number arrived 15 or more minutes late over the last year.
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