SAN → SMF Southwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines · San Diego, CA to Sacramento, CA · 3,807 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 180 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 94% on-time departing 6–9am vs. 52% departing 9pm–12am.
On-time arrival
76%
Median delay
-4 min
90th percentile
+38 min
Cancellation rate
1%

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

Across every Southwest Airlines flight number on SAN → SMF (3,807 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 76% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -4 min; the worst 10% ran +38 min or later. 1% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time2,88876%
16-30 min37610%
31-60 min3108%
61-120 min1644%
2+ hrs471%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0734474%+10 min
2025-0833479%+4 min
2025-0932380%+4 min
2025-1032980%+3 min
2025-1130677%+6 min
2025-1230973%+7 min
2026-0125881%+4 min
2026-0226480%+2 min
2026-0333179%+2 min
2026-0432577%+4 min
2026-0533874%+7 min
2026-0632464%+13 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon58674%
Tue52088%
Wed49583%
Thu58173%
Fri59269%
Sat39883%
Sun61369%

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