Best airline from Sacramento to Los Angeles
Most punctual on this route
95.92% on time across 99 flights · 1.01% cancelled
That is 4.4 points clear of United Airlines, the next best on this route at 91.54%.
Every airline on SMF to LAX, ranked
| # | Airline | Flights | On time | Cancelled | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Delta Air Lines | 99 | 95.92% | 1.01% | — |
| 2 | United Airlines | 201 | 91.54% | 0% | A |
| 3 | SkyWest Airlines | 3,517 | 90.06% | 0.45% | A |
| 4 | Southwest Airlines | 1,616 | 77.3% | 0.19% | C |
| 5 | Frontier Airlines | 204 | 73.87% | 2.45% | D |
Why this is worth checking per route
An airline's overall punctuality is an average across everywhere it flies, and averages hide the thing you are booking. A carrier can be middling nationally and the best option on this particular pair of airports — because of which slots it holds, what time of day it schedules, and which aircraft feeds the flight.
On SMF to LAX the spread between best and worst is 22 points. Both carriers fly the same corridor, into the same weather and the same air traffic control — so a gap that size is a fact about the airlines, not the route.
Punctuality is one dimension of a good airline and not the one most people would name first. It is, though, the only one measured the same way for everybody and published by someone with no stake in the answer. Full SMF to LAX record → · Best time of year to fly it →