SMF to ANC flight delays
Sacramento, CA (SMF) Anchorage, AK (ANC) · 1,973 miles
13 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
This route flew fewer than 50 times in the period, which is too few for an on-time rate to mean anything. The figures below are shown as recorded, but the route is not graded.
76.92%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
0%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
23 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
8 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
The two directions do not behave alike. ANC to SMF arrives on time 7.7 points less 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.
The Sacramento to Anchorage route sits close to the middle of the record — neither notably punctual nor notably late.
Every airline on SMF to ANC
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska Airlines | 13 | 76.92% | 0% | 23 min | — |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
ANC to SMF Anchorage back to Sacramento 69.23% on time —Other routes from Sacramento
Common questions
Are flights from Sacramento to Anchorage usually delayed?
76.92% of flights on the SMF to ANC route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 2 in every ten arrived late. That is about the same as the average route in this record.
How often are SMF to ANC flights cancelled?
0% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 1 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
When SMF to ANC flights are late, how late are they?
About 23 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 SMF to ANC 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 →