SMF → LAX Southwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines · Sacramento, CA to Los Angeles, CA · 1,616 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 83 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 95% on-time departing 3–6am vs. 53% departing 9pm–12am.
On-time arrival
78%
Median delay
-4 min
90th percentile
+38 min
Cancellation rate
0%

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

Across every Southwest Airlines flight number on SMF → LAX (1,616 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 78% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -4 min; the worst 10% ran +38 min or later. 0% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time1,25978%
16-30 min1479%
31-60 min1258%
61-120 min584%
2+ hrs231%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0714673%+9 min
2025-0813384%+3 min
2025-0912880%+3 min
2025-1014176%+9 min
2025-1113380%+5 min
2025-1212578%+4 min
2026-0112386%0 min
2026-0211981%+6 min
2026-0313780%+3 min
2026-0413579%+6 min
2026-0514071%+7 min
2026-0615270%+11 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon25074%
Tue21986%
Wed21587%
Thu24974%
Fri25275%
Sat19184%
Sun23670%

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