UA5566 SFO → SMF

United Airlines · San Francisco, CA to Sacramento, CA · 256 flights observed, 2025-07-01 to 2026-05-20 · 86 mi

This flight has been getting less reliable recently — 2026-05's on-time rate (50%) is well below the 82% average from earlier months.

UA5566 covers more than one route in the data window — the stats below are for SFO → SMF, the one it has flown most recently. The others are linked under “Other routes”.

On-time arrival
79%
Median delay
-2 min
90th percentile
+38 min
Cancellation rate
1%

How often is UA5566 on time?

Across 256 flights on SFO → SMF from 2025-07-01 to 2026-05-20, UA5566 arrived within 15 minutes of schedule 79% of the time. The median arrival delay was -2 min, and the worst 10% of flights arrived +38 min or later. 1% of flights were cancelled.

Delay distribution

Arrival delay for completed flights (excludes cancellations and diversions).

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time20079%
16-30 min239%
31-60 min156%
61-120 min114%
2+ hrs42%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-073067%+16 min
2025-082685%+7 min
2025-091782%+2 min
2025-10683%+1 min
2025-112882%0 min
2025-122879%+36 min
2026-012383%+79 min
2026-022584%+22 min
2026-032095%-7 min
2026-043083%+5 min
2026-052050%+16 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon4178%
Tue2896%
Wed3574%
Thu4085%
Fri4078%
Sat3181%
Sun3866%

Based on US Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics on-time data. Loading live conditions and full charts…