Best time to fly Sacramento to Salt Lake City

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

Best month

November

91.1% on time · 182 flights

Worst month

December

84.8% on time · 166 flights

Month Flights On time Cancelled When late, by
January 156 87.7% 1.28% 96 min
February 149 87.8% 0.67% 86 min
March 169 90.3% 2.37% 48 min
April 173 87.8% 0.58% 68 min
May 200 85.9% 0.5% 75 min
June 199 85.9% 0.5% 67 min
July 204 87.3% 0% 68 min
August 189 85.7% 0% 68 min
September 180 87.8% 0% 54 min
October 191 89.5% 0% 51 min
November 182 91.1% 1.65% 95 min
December 166 84.8% 0.6% 91 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.