SEA → SMF Southwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines · Seattle, WA to Sacramento, CA · 1,156 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 58 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 97% on-time departing 3–6am vs. 51% departing 9pm–12am.
On-time arrival
73%
Median delay
-1 min
90th percentile
+42 min
Cancellation rate
0%

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

Across every Southwest Airlines flight number on SEA → SMF (1,156 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 73% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -1 min; the worst 10% ran +42 min or later. 0% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time83573%
16-30 min13312%
31-60 min1099%
61-120 min474%
2+ hrs242%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0712661%+18 min
2025-0811273%+11 min
2025-0910674%+6 min
2025-1010176%+5 min
2025-118471%+5 min
2025-129567%+13 min
2026-018487%-3 min
2026-027981%+3 min
2026-038373%+8 min
2026-048572%+9 min
2026-058766%+9 min
2026-0610676%+7 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon18472%
Tue16575%
Wed16278%
Thu18170%
Fri18068%
Sat11075%
Sun16673%

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