Best time to fly Long Beach to Sacramento

Every month pooled across the years on record, so "July" means July generally rather than one particular July. Full LGB to SMF record →

Best month

April

93% on time · 142 flights

Worst month

June

77.5% on time · 142 flights

Month Flights On time Cancelled When late, by
January 162 91.9% 0% 51 min
February 155 89% 0% 44 min
March 149 90.6% 0% 48 min
April 142 93% 0% 53 min
May 144 88.9% 0% 46 min
June 142 77.5% 0% 38 min
July 171 85.9% 0.58% 56 min
August 162 92% 0% 60 min
September 159 90.6% 0% 57 min
October 163 87.1% 0% 48 min
November 171 82.9% 0.58% 48 min
December 173 83.4% 2.31% 56 min

What a seasonal pattern can and cannot tell you

Months differ for reasons that repeat — summer thunderstorms in the American interior, winter fog and de-icing in northern Europe, school holidays filling every seat and leaving no slack in the schedule. Those are real and they come back each year.

What the pattern cannot do is forecast a particular flight. A quiet month has late days and a bad month has punctual ones. Treat this as a way to choose between two dates you are indifferent about, not as a promise.