DAL → SMF Southwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines · Dallas, TX to Sacramento, CA · 661 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 50 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 90% on-time departing 6–9am vs. 45% departing 9pm–12am.
On-time arrival
72%
Median delay
+1 min
90th percentile
+52 min
Cancellation rate
1%

How on-time is Southwest Airlines from DAL to SMF?

Across every Southwest Airlines flight number on DAL → SMF (661 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 72% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay +1 min; the worst 10% ran +52 min or later. 1% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time47172%
16-30 min609%
31-60 min7311%
61-120 min335%
2+ hrs193%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-076073%+23 min
2025-085377%+9 min
2025-095171%+13 min
2025-105671%+12 min
2025-115874%+7 min
2025-126279%+3 min
2026-013979%+3 min
2026-024678%+3 min
2026-035277%+4 min
2026-045876%+6 min
2026-056159%+19 min
2026-066052%+34 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon10169%
Tue8974%
Wed8678%
Thu10072%
Fri9974%
Sat8770%
Sun9466%

Based on US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics on-time data. Loading the full breakdown…