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Airport month · October 2023
Sacramento International in October 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 October 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 4,604 domestic departures from Sacramento International (SMF). 82.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 83.9% reached their destination on time; 0.2% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 83.8% of flights departed on time and 84.0% arrived on time, so SMF departures were 1.8 points below the national departure figure.
Flights arriving at SMF that month were on time 80.7% of the time (4,606 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 47%, air carrier 36% and national aviation system 14%.
- On time 83.9%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.7%
- Cancelled 0.2%
- Diverted 0.2%
October 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Oct 2023 | Year earlier | SMF, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Oct 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 82.0% | — | 80.0% | 83.8% |
| Arrived on time | 83.9% | — | 81.4% | 84.0% |
| Cancelled | 0.2% | — | 0.7% | 0.4% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 10.2 min | — | 12.1 min | 11.0 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 154 | — | 154 | 19,966 |
| Scheduled departures | 4,604 | — | 56,306 | 598,968 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 2,646 | 57% | 81.3% | 3.4 min | 0.1% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 618 | 13% | 87.5% | 1.4 min | 0.0% |
| UA United Airlines | 348 | 8% | 92.2% | -8.0 min | 0.0% |
| AA American Airlines | 320 | 7% | 88.1% | -3.9 min | 1.3% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 295 | 6% | 92.9% | -5.7 min | 0.0% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 124 | 3% | 72.6% | 8.5 min | 0.8% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 116 | 3% | 87.1% | -6.0 min | 0.0% |
| HA Hawaiian Airlines | 62 | 1% | 75.8% | 28.3 min | 1.6% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 31 | 1% | 71.0% | 7.8 min | 0.0% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 30 | 1% | 80.0% | 7.7 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 14 | 0% | 78.6% | 23.7 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SMF–LAS | Sacramento to Las Vegas | 517 | 73.1% | 8.1 min | 0.4% |
| SMF–SAN | Sacramento to San Diego | 458 | 79.9% | 4.6 min | 0.0% |
| SMF–LAX | Sacramento to Los Angeles | 445 | 85.2% | 2.4 min | 0.0% |
| SMF–DEN | Sacramento to Denver | 351 | 86.6% | -1.2 min | 0.0% |
| SMF–SEA | Sacramento to Seattle | 342 | 84.5% | -2.7 min | 0.0% |
| SMF–PHX | Sacramento to Phoenix | 295 | 89.5% | -1.7 min | 0.0% |
| SMF–BUR | Sacramento to Burbank | 239 | 86.6% | -0.4 min | 0.4% |
| SMF–SNA | Sacramento to Santa Ana | 187 | 87.7% | -3.0 min | 0.0% |
| SMF–SLC | Sacramento to Salt Lake City | 179 | 92.2% | -5.8 min | 0.0% |
| SMF–PDX | Sacramento to Portland | 174 | 87.9% | 0.1 min | 0.0% |
| SMF–ONT | Sacramento to Ontario | 160 | 80.6% | 7.0 min | 0.0% |
| SMF–LGB | Sacramento to Long Beach | 146 | 82.2% | 1.2 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left SMF on time in October 2023?
82.0% of 4,604 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 83.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.8% and 84.0%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
October 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 October 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.