ORD → SMF American Airlines

American Airlines · Chicago, IL to Sacramento, CA · 336 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 10 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 87% on-time departing 6–9am vs. 28% departing 9pm–12am.
On-time arrival
60%
Median delay
+5 min
90th percentile
+77 min
Cancellation rate
1%

How on-time is American Airlines from ORD to SMF?

Across every American Airlines flight number on ORD → SMF (336 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 60% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay +5 min; the worst 10% ran +77 min or later. 1% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time19760%
16-30 min3611%
31-60 min4614%
61-120 min3912%
2+ hrs113%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-073152%+20 min
2025-083161%+26 min
2025-093083%-4 min
2025-102972%+10 min
2025-111100%-22 min
2026-034646%+30 min
2026-045859%+20 min
2026-055770%+6 min
2026-064643%+38 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon4963%
Tue4672%
Wed4562%
Thu4949%
Fri4957%
Sat4360%
Sun4856%

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