SFO → SMF United Airlines

United Airlines · San Francisco, CA to Sacramento, CA · 1,377 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 16 flight numbers

This route's scheduled flight time has grown by 12 min since 2025-07 — some of the on-time performance may reflect a more generous published schedule, not a faster or more reliable flight.
On-time arrival
80%
Median delay
-4 min
90th percentile
+43 min
Cancellation rate
2%

How on-time is United Airlines from SFO to SMF?

Across every United Airlines flight number on SFO → SMF (1,377 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 80% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -4 min; the worst 10% ran +43 min or later. 2% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time1,07980%
16-30 min937%
31-60 min846%
61-120 min574%
2+ hrs403%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0711380%+10 min
2025-0811388%+8 min
2025-0911981%+7 min
2025-1014484%+4 min
2025-1110576%+7 min
2025-1210374%+25 min
2026-0111377%+27 min
2026-0211174%+27 min
2026-0311385%+1 min
2026-0411886%-2 min
2026-0511176%+11 min
2026-069074%+4 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon19777%
Tue19587%
Wed20080%
Thu19677%
Fri19678%
Sat17984%
Sun19077%

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