SMF → DAL Southwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines · Sacramento, CA to Dallas, TX · 661 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 40 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 94% on-time departing 3–6am vs. 50% departing 3–6pm.
On-time arrival
75%
Median delay
0 min
90th percentile
+39 min
Cancellation rate
1%

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

Across every Southwest Airlines flight number on SMF → DAL (661 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 75% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay 0 min; the worst 10% ran +39 min or later. 1% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time49075%
16-30 min7211%
31-60 min569%
61-120 min203%
2+ hrs132%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-076073%+16 min
2025-085370%+9 min
2025-095178%+3 min
2025-105575%+11 min
2025-115677%+8 min
2025-126269%+10 min
2026-013982%+6 min
2026-024687%+1 min
2026-035275%+9 min
2026-045686%+2 min
2026-056271%+11 min
2026-065966%+18 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon9972%
Tue8676%
Wed8581%
Thu9977%
Fri9975%
Sat8876%
Sun9572%

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