Route
SMF → LAX
Sacramento International Airport Los Angeles International Airport
How punctual is this route?
- On-time arrivals
- 85.6%
- Less than 15 minutes late
- Cancelled
- 0.4%
- Of scheduled flights
- Average delay when late
- 73 min
- Flights arriving 15+ minutes late
- Flights tracked
- 5,717
- Scheduled flights in the period
What caused the delays
- Late-arriving aircraft 45%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning) 36%
- Extreme weather 11%
- Air traffic control & airport 8%
- Security 0%
Share of delay minutes airlines attributed to each cause (BTS).
Show as table
| Month | On time | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| September 2025 | 88.2% | 460 |
| October 2025 | 86.8% | 517 |
| November 2025 | 85.7% | 456 |
| December 2025 | 85.3% | 431 |
| January 2026 | 85.1% | 421 |
| February 2026 | 85.1% | 402 |
| March 2026 | 83.7% | 450 |
| April 2026 | 88.0% | 471 |
| May 2026 | 85.0% | 525 |
| June 2026 | 84.3% | 522 |
| July 2026 | 81.4% | 518 |
| August 2026 | 88.0% | 544 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SkyWest Airlines | 3,558 | 89.9% | 0.4% | 94 min |
| Southwest Airlines | 1,660 | 77.1% | 0.3% | 53 min |
| Frontier Airlines | 242 | 72.5% | 2.5% | 66 min |
| United Airlines | 202 | 91.6% | 0.0% | 92 min |
| Delta Air Lines | 55 | 92.7% | 0.0% | 32 min |
Delay odds by flight
How often each flight number arrived 15 or more minutes late over the last year.
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OO6265
10% late · 359 flights
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OO3812
8% late · 270 flights
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OO3759
12% late · 262 flights
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OO3755
6% late · 236 flights
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F93316
29% late · 218 flights
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OO3822
9% late · 190 flights
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OO3712
10% late · 179 flights
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OO4929
25% late · 162 flights
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OO5390
14% late · 161 flights
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OO3782
4% late · 138 flights
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OO5522
8% late · 126 flights
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OO3522
4% late · 101 flights
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OO5628
7% late · 99 flights
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OO4911
17% late · 98 flights
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OO3969
6% late · 86 flights
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OO3556
3% late · 75 flights
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OO6348
16% late · 75 flights
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OO6346
17% late · 71 flights
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OO3700
10% late · 69 flights
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OO3690
13% late · 62 flights
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OO3965
10% late · 62 flights
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WN2473
29% late · 58 flights
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WN356
19% late · 58 flights
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WN4342
35% late · 57 flights
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