PHX → SMF Southwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines · Phoenix, AZ to Sacramento, CA · 2,149 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 116 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 100% on-time departing 3–6am vs. 54% departing 9pm–12am.
On-time arrival
80%
Median delay
-5 min
90th percentile
+36 min
Cancellation rate
0%

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

Across every Southwest Airlines flight number on PHX → SMF (2,149 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 80% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -5 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-time1,70780%
16-30 min1879%
31-60 min1417%
61-120 min824%
2+ hrs231%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0717671%+9 min
2025-0815583%+6 min
2025-0914588%+1 min
2025-1017681%+9 min
2025-1119477%+5 min
2025-1220784%-1 min
2026-0116188%-3 min
2026-0216880%+1 min
2026-0320482%+1 min
2026-0419880%+6 min
2026-0520177%+6 min
2026-0615568%+13 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon32480%
Tue32682%
Wed31584%
Thu31476%
Fri31881%
Sat22981%
Sun31475%

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