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Airport month · November 2023
Sacramento International in November 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 November 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 4,394 domestic departures from Sacramento International (SMF). 86.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 87.8% reached their destination on time; 0.2% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 86.0% of flights departed on time and 86.2% arrived on time, so SMF departures were level with the national departure figure.
Flights arriving at SMF that month were on time 85.9% of the time (4,393 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 41%, air carrier 38% and national aviation system 16%.
- On time 87.8%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 11.9%
- Cancelled 0.2%
- Diverted 0.1%
November 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Nov 2023 | Year earlier | SMF, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Nov 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 86.2% | — | 80.0% | 86.0% |
| Arrived on time | 87.8% | — | 81.4% | 86.2% |
| Cancelled | 0.2% | — | 0.7% | 0.1% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 8.5 min | — | 12.1 min | 9.4 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 147 | — | 154 | 18,793 |
| Scheduled departures | 4,394 | — | 56,306 | 563,777 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 2,564 | 58% | 87.7% | -0.1 min | 0.2% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 647 | 15% | 88.6% | -0.5 min | 0.2% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 305 | 7% | 90.8% | -6.7 min | 0.0% |
| UA United Airlines | 278 | 6% | 96.8% | -12.2 min | 0.0% |
| AA American Airlines | 257 | 6% | 90.3% | -0.8 min | 0.4% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 118 | 3% | 79.7% | 5.5 min | 1.7% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 90 | 2% | 80.0% | 5.5 min | 0.0% |
| HA Hawaiian Airlines | 60 | 1% | 65.0% | 42.9 min | 0.0% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 29 | 1% | 69.0% | 9.9 min | 3.4% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 27 | 1% | 66.7% | 7.3 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 19 | 0% | 89.5% | -5.5 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SMF–LAS | Sacramento to Las Vegas | 485 | 85.8% | 1.9 min | 0.6% |
| SMF–SAN | Sacramento to San Diego | 441 | 85.3% | 2.2 min | 0.5% |
| SMF–LAX | Sacramento to Los Angeles | 411 | 87.6% | 1.2 min | 0.2% |
| SMF–SEA | Sacramento to Seattle | 341 | 85.9% | 0.7 min | 0.0% |
| SMF–DEN | Sacramento to Denver | 336 | 90.5% | -4.1 min | 0.0% |
| SMF–PHX | Sacramento to Phoenix | 308 | 90.6% | -1.4 min | 0.6% |
| SMF–BUR | Sacramento to Burbank | 248 | 88.3% | -0.4 min | 0.4% |
| SMF–SNA | Sacramento to Santa Ana | 188 | 87.8% | -0.2 min | 0.0% |
| SMF–SLC | Sacramento to Salt Lake City | 173 | 93.1% | -8.5 min | 0.0% |
| SMF–ONT | Sacramento to Ontario | 145 | 84.1% | -0.9 min | 0.0% |
| SMF–LGB | Sacramento to Long Beach | 144 | 88.2% | -0.4 min | 0.0% |
| SMF–DFW | Sacramento to Dallas/Fort Worth | 142 | 89.4% | 1.0 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left SMF on time in November 2023?
86.2% of 4,394 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 87.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 86.0% and 86.2%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
November 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 November 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.