HOU → SMF Southwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines · Houston, TX to Sacramento, CA · 364 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 18 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 92% on-time departing 9am–12pm vs. 32% departing 9pm–12am.
On-time arrival
78%
Median delay
-3 min
90th percentile
+45 min
Cancellation rate
0%

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

Across every Southwest Airlines flight number on HOU → SMF (364 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 78% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -3 min; the worst 10% ran +45 min or later. 0% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time28478%
16-30 min298%
31-60 min308%
61-120 min175%
2+ hrs41%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-073165%+14 min
2025-083190%-5 min
2025-093093%-1 min
2025-103187%+6 min
2025-112983%-4 min
2025-123184%+1 min
2026-013184%-7 min
2026-0228100%-13 min
2026-033165%+10 min
2026-043057%+19 min
2026-053158%+19 min
2026-063073%+21 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon5273%
Tue5385%
Wed5287%
Thu5175%
Fri5277%
Sat5269%
Sun5281%

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