PDX → SMF Southwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines · Portland, OR to Sacramento, CA · 1,205 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 62 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 98% on-time departing 6–9am vs. 47% departing 9pm–12am.
On-time arrival
79%
Median delay
-4 min
90th percentile
+40 min
Cancellation rate
0%

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

Across every Southwest Airlines flight number on PDX → SMF (1,205 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 79% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -4 min; the worst 10% ran +40 min or later. 0% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time94979%
16-30 min988%
31-60 min918%
61-120 min464%
2+ hrs171%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0712374%+13 min
2025-0811384%+2 min
2025-0911286%+3 min
2025-1010682%+3 min
2025-118884%+4 min
2025-129974%+11 min
2026-018991%-6 min
2026-028683%+0 min
2026-039079%+5 min
2026-048679%+7 min
2026-058873%+12 min
2026-0612164%+15 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon19073%
Tue18088%
Wed17388%
Thu18568%
Fri18873%
Sat10890%
Sun17779%

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