SMF → SAN Southwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines · Sacramento, CA to San Diego, CA · 3,810 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 187 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 88% on-time departing 6–9am vs. 53% departing 9pm–12am.
On-time arrival
72%
Median delay
+2 min
90th percentile
+46 min
Cancellation rate
1%

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

Across every Southwest Airlines flight number on SMF → SAN (3,810 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 72% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay +2 min; the worst 10% ran +46 min or later. 1% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time2,71772%
16-30 min44012%
31-60 min38610%
61-120 min1755%
2+ hrs622%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0734570%+14 min
2025-0833477%+10 min
2025-0932381%+8 min
2025-1032871%+12 min
2025-1130470%+17 min
2025-1231365%+16 min
2026-0125475%+13 min
2026-0226476%+8 min
2026-0333080%+8 min
2026-0432372%+10 min
2026-0533769%+13 min
2026-0632559%+18 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon58669%
Tue51882%
Wed49779%
Thu57366%
Fri59665%
Sat39979%
Sun61168%

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