SMF → BWI Southwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines · Sacramento, CA to Baltimore, MD · 364 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 14 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 96% on-time departing 3–6am vs. 50% departing 12–3pm.
On-time arrival
85%
Median delay
-3 min
90th percentile
+23 min
Cancellation rate
1%

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

Across every Southwest Airlines flight number on SMF → BWI (364 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 85% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -3 min; the worst 10% ran +23 min or later. 1% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time30685%
16-30 min267%
31-60 min195%
61-120 min82%
2+ hrs10%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-073165%+18 min
2025-083181%+6 min
2025-093077%+10 min
2025-103194%-5 min
2025-112889%+5 min
2025-123187%-5 min
2026-012990%-3 min
2026-022893%-9 min
2026-033083%-1 min
2026-043087%-4 min
2026-053190%+1 min
2026-063087%-3 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon5283%
Tue5387%
Wed5285%
Thu5180%
Fri5194%
Sat5084%
Sun5182%

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