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Sacramento (SMF) departure delays

4,900 departures · 41 routes · March 2025 – August 2026

74.34%

Left on time

Within 15 minutes of schedule

0.51%

Cancelled

Share of departures

45 min

When late, late by

Average delayed departure

#71

Rank

Among graded US airports

What the record says about SMF

Departures from Sacramento run late more often than average — enough that a tight connection at the far end deserves a second look.

The airlines flying from here are not equally affected. Delta Air Lines left on time 18.1 points more often than Southwest Airlines from the same airport — which is the clearest evidence available that a delayed departure is not purely the airport's fault.

With 40 routes in the record, SMF is a hub, and hubs carry a particular risk: a delay early in the day propagates through every aircraft that was due to fly on afterwards. Morning departures from a hub are reliably better than evening ones.

Which airlines run best out of SMF

Airline	Departures	On time
Delta Air Lines	293	92.1%
United Airlines	411	84.8%
SkyWest Airlines	697	83.5%
Alaska Airlines	314	83.4%
American Airlines	274	75.3%
Southwest Airlines	2,774	74%

Routes out of SMF

SMF → LAX Los Angeles 522 flights · 84.26% on time B SMF → SAN San Diego 450 flights · 62.58% on time D SMF → SEA Seattle 407 flights · 77.89% on time B SMF → DEN Denver 376 flights · 82.04% on time B SMF → LAS Las Vegas 326 flights · 78.02% on time C SMF → PHX Phoenix 271 flights · 74.91% on time C SMF → BUR Burbank 201 flights · 89.39% on time A SMF → SLC Salt Lake City 199 flights · 85.86% on time B SMF → SNA Santa Ana 189 flights · 81.48% on time B SMF → PDX Portland 189 flights · 76.06% on time C SMF → ONT Ontario 177 flights · 75% on time C SMF → LGB Long Beach 142 flights · 80.99% on time B SMF → DFW Dallas/Fort Worth 137 flights · 74.8% on time D SMF → ORD Chicago 137 flights · 75.94% on time C SMF → SFO San Francisco 90 flights · 51.11% on time — SMF → ATL Atlanta 86 flights · 94.19% on time — SMF → BOI Boise 83 flights · 73.49% on time — SMF → MDW Chicago 79 flights · 84.21% on time — SMF → HNL Honolulu 60 flights · 93.33% on time — SMF → DAL Dallas 60 flights · 62.71% on time — SMF → IAH Houston 60 flights · 78.33% on time — SMF → MSP Minneapolis 60 flights · 96.67% on time — SMF → OGG Kahului 57 flights · 92.98% on time — SMF → GEG Spokane 54 flights · 61.11% on time — SMF → KOA Kona 43 flights · 86.05% on time — SMF → BNA Nashville 34 flights · 85.29% on time — SMF → PSP Palm Springs 31 flights · 87.1% on time — SMF → JFK New York 30 flights · 60% on time — SMF → CLT Charlotte 30 flights · 72.41% on time — SMF → STL St. Louis 30 flights · 66.67% on time — SMF → SBA Santa Barbara 30 flights · 100% on time — SMF → MCO Orlando 30 flights · 66.67% on time — SMF → HOU Houston 30 flights · 65.52% on time — SMF → EUG Eugene 30 flights · 70% on time — SMF → BWI Baltimore 30 flights · 83.33% on time — SMF → AUS Austin 30 flights · 56.67% on time — SMF → IAD Washington 30 flights · 100% on time — SMF → EWR Newark 30 flights · 68.97% on time — SMF → MCI Kansas City 27 flights · 77.78% on time — SMF → LIH Lihue 17 flights · 88.24% on time —