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SMF → SEA

Sacramento International Airport Seattle–Tacoma International Airport

How punctual is this route?

On-time arrivals
83.0%
Less than 15 minutes late
Cancelled
0.3%
Of scheduled flights
Average delay when late
54 min
Flights arriving 15+ minutes late
Flights tracked
4,396
Scheduled flights in the period

What caused the delays

  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning) 39%
  • Late-arriving aircraft 27%
  • Air traffic control & airport 25%
  • Extreme weather 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 79.1% 398
October 2025 81.5% 395
November 2025 84.7% 341
December 2025 78.2% 295
January 2026 88.3% 309
February 2026 90.1% 282
March 2026 87.0% 350
April 2026 85.6% 369
May 2026 85.6% 389
June 2026 77.9% 407
July 2026 80.8% 429
August 2026 80.5% 432

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 1,851 87.6% 0.3% 64 min
Alaska Airlines 1,407 80.9% 0.4% 49 min
Southwest Airlines 1,138 78.1% 0.2% 49 min

Delay odds by flight

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

  • OO4075

    13% late · 349 flights

  • AS1365

    17% late · 210 flights

  • OO3881

    10% late · 207 flights

  • AS1358

    20% late · 206 flights

  • OO4125

    6% late · 177 flights

  • OO4043

    15% late · 157 flights

  • OO4153

    17% late · 141 flights

  • OO3505

    8% late · 126 flights

  • OO4439

    8% late · 122 flights

  • OO3839

    6% late · 110 flights

  • OO4049

    17% late · 82 flights

  • AS620

    25% late · 79 flights

  • AS1320

    10% late · 77 flights

  • AS1468

    14% late · 70 flights

  • AS795

    25% late · 70 flights

  • AS1409

    3% late · 69 flights

  • OO3814

    10% late · 62 flights

  • WN4920

    5% late · 60 flights

  • AS403

    20% late · 59 flights

  • WN2061

    21% late · 58 flights

  • WN4374

    26% late · 58 flights

  • OO3390

    11% late · 55 flights

  • WN3678

    20% late · 54 flights

  • WN3677

    8% late · 53 flights

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