OGG to SMF flight delays
Kahului, HI (OGG) Sacramento, CA (SMF) · 2,403 miles
481 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
74.74%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
0.42%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
50 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
15 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
Which airline you fly changes the odds here. Southwest Airlines arrived on time 12.6 points more often than Alaska Airlines over the same period on the same route — same airports, same weather, same air traffic control. A gap that survives all of that is about how the two airlines are run.
The season swings this route hard. In September it ran 47.1 points more punctual than in February — a difference bigger than the one between the best and worst airlines on most routes. If the date is flexible, it is worth more than the carrier.
The two directions do not behave alike. SMF to OGG arrives on time 11.2 points more often than the outbound. Delay accumulates through the flying day, so whichever direction is scheduled later tends to carry the worse record — which is an argument for booking the morning departure if the choice exists.
This route does worse than its own airport. OGG as a whole runs 10 points more punctual than these flights, which points at something specific to the route — the time of day it is scheduled, or the aircraft that feed it — rather than the airport.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over January 2025 – August 2026, Southwest Airlines arrived on time most often on OGG to SMF. Alaska Airlines was late most often. Flights ran closest to schedule in September and worst in February.
Every airline on OGG to SMF
Ranked by how many flights each one operated. A carrier with fewer than 100 flights in the period is listed but not graded.
| Airline | Flights | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaiian Airlines | 184 | 75.41% | 0% | 54 min | C |
| Alaska Airlines | 181 | 69.32% | 1.1% | 41 min | D |
| Southwest Airlines | 116 | 81.9% | 0% | 63 min | B |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
SMF to OGG Sacramento back to Kahului 85.89% on time BOther routes from Kahului
Common questions
Are flights from Kahului to Sacramento usually delayed?
74.74% of flights on the OGG to SMF route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 3 in every ten arrived late. That is about the same as the average route in this record.
Which airline is most on time from Kahului to Sacramento?
Southwest Airlines, at 81.9% on time across 116 flights. The least punctual on the route was Alaska Airlines at 69.32%.
How often are OGG to SMF flights cancelled?
0.42% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 4 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
What is the best month to fly Kahului to Sacramento?
September, when 90% of flights arrived on time. The worst was February at 42.9%.
When OGG to SMF flights are late, how late are they?
About 50 minutes on average across the flights that arrived more than 15 minutes behind schedule.
What these figures do and do not tell you
Everything on this page is counted from the flights that actually operated on OGG to SMF during January 2025 – August 2026, as reported by the airlines to the US Bureau of Transportation Statistics. "On time" is the federal definition: arriving at the gate within 15 minutes of the scheduled time.
A route's record is a description of the past, not a forecast. Weather, air traffic control and the aircraft's earlier flights that day drive most delays, and none of them are predictable from a historical rate. What the record does tell you is whether this route runs late more often than others, and which carrier on it has the better history — which is the part you can actually act on when you book.
Cancellations are counted separately from delays because they are a different problem for a traveller: a late flight still gets you there. How the grade is calculated →