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Airport month · September 2023
Sacramento International in September 2023
BTS: A flight is counted as on time if it arrived less than 15 minutes after its scheduled time. Only carriers with at least 0.5 percent of domestic scheduled passenger revenue report.
In September 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 4,422 domestic departures from Sacramento International (SMF). 83.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 86.0% reached their destination on time; 0.4% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 80.5% of flights departed on time and 80.1% arrived on time, so SMF departures were 3.4 points above the national departure figure.
Flights arriving at SMF that month were on time 81.1% of the time (4,421 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 47%, air carrier 37% and national aviation system 15%.
- On time 86.0%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 13.5%
- Cancelled 0.4%
- Diverted 0.1%
September 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Sep 2023 | Year earlier | SMF, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Sep 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 83.9% | — | 80.0% | 80.5% |
| Arrived on time | 86.0% | — | 81.4% | 80.1% |
| Cancelled | 0.4% | — | 0.7% | 1.2% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 9.3 min | — | 12.1 min | 14.1 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 147 | — | 154 | 18,978 |
| Scheduled departures | 4,422 | — | 56,306 | 569,338 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 2,566 | 58% | 83.8% | 1.6 min | 0.5% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 578 | 13% | 93.1% | -2.8 min | 0.0% |
| UA United Airlines | 345 | 8% | 89.3% | -7.6 min | 0.9% |
| AA American Airlines | 282 | 6% | 93.3% | -7.7 min | 0.0% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 257 | 6% | 91.1% | -3.2 min | 0.0% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 133 | 3% | 90.2% | -7.4 min | 0.0% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 121 | 3% | 72.7% | 8.9 min | 2.5% |
| HA Hawaiian Airlines | 60 | 1% | 83.3% | 1.6 min | 0.0% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 35 | 1% | 37.1% | 104.1 min | 2.9% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 28 | 1% | 85.7% | -6.6 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 17 | 0% | 82.4% | -5.1 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SMF–LAS | Sacramento to Las Vegas | 466 | 76.6% | 7.2 min | 1.5% |
| SMF–SAN | Sacramento to San Diego | 454 | 83.9% | 2.8 min | 0.4% |
| SMF–LAX | Sacramento to Los Angeles | 410 | 90.0% | -2.4 min | 0.5% |
| SMF–SEA | Sacramento to Seattle | 369 | 85.1% | -2.6 min | 0.0% |
| SMF–DEN | Sacramento to Denver | 335 | 87.2% | -3.7 min | 0.3% |
| SMF–BUR | Sacramento to Burbank | 251 | 86.1% | -1.1 min | 1.2% |
| SMF–PHX | Sacramento to Phoenix | 237 | 88.6% | -0.7 min | 0.4% |
| SMF–SNA | Sacramento to Santa Ana | 179 | 87.2% | 1.4 min | 0.0% |
| SMF–SLC | Sacramento to Salt Lake City | 174 | 91.4% | -2.4 min | 0.0% |
| SMF–ONT | Sacramento to Ontario | 151 | 84.8% | 4.2 min | 0.0% |
| SMF–PDX | Sacramento to Portland | 144 | 86.1% | 1.8 min | 0.0% |
| SMF–LGB | Sacramento to Long Beach | 142 | 84.5% | 0.5 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left SMF on time in September 2023?
83.9% of 4,422 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 86.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.5% and 80.1%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
September 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for September 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for SMF · methodology · corrections.