LAX → SMF Southwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines · Los Angeles, CA to Sacramento, CA · 1,614 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 88 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 100% on-time departing 3–6am vs. 33% departing 9pm–12am.
On-time arrival
80%
Median delay
-7 min
90th percentile
+36 min
Cancellation rate
0%

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

Across every Southwest Airlines flight number on LAX → SMF (1,614 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 80% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -7 min; the worst 10% ran +36 min or later. 0% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time1,28480%
16-30 min1288%
31-60 min1046%
61-120 min674%
2+ hrs262%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0714680%+5 min
2025-0813386%-1 min
2025-0912887%-1 min
2025-1014179%+3 min
2025-1113182%+1 min
2025-1212483%+0 min
2026-0112189%-3 min
2026-0212085%-4 min
2026-0313776%+4 min
2026-0413675%+9 min
2026-0514069%+13 min
2026-0615270%+17 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon25073%
Tue22089%
Wed21488%
Thu24978%
Fri25077%
Sat19085%
Sun23673%

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