WN4601 SNA → SMF

Southwest Airlines · Santa Ana, CA to Sacramento, CA · 24 flights observed, 2025-07-03 to 2025-08-04 · 404 mi

This flight runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 94% on-time departing 6–9pm vs. 20% departing 3–6pm.

WN4601 covers more than one route in the data window — the stats below are for SNA → SMF, the one it has flown most recently. The others are linked under “Other routes”.

On-time arrival
78%
Median delay
-9 min
90th percentile
+29 min
Cancellation rate
4%

How often is WN4601 on time?

Across 24 flights on SNA → SMF from 2025-07-03 to 2025-08-04, WN4601 arrived within 15 minutes of schedule 78% of the time. The median arrival delay was -9 min, and the worst 10% of flights arrived +29 min or later. 4% of flights were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time1878%
16-30 min29%
31-60 min29%
61-120 min14%
2+ hrs00%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-071979%0 min
2025-08475%+1 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon5100%
TueNo data—
WedNo data—
Thu4100%
Fri4100%
Sat580%
Sun520%

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