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Airport month · December 2023
Sacramento International in December 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 December 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 4,521 domestic departures from Sacramento International (SMF). 87.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 87.9% reached their destination on time; 0.2% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 83.8% arrived on time, so SMF departures were 3.9 points above the national departure figure.
Flights arriving at SMF that month were on time 86.9% of the time (4,520 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 42%, air carrier 34% and national aviation system 19%.
- On time 87.9%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 11.6%
- Cancelled 0.2%
- Diverted 0.2%
December 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Dec 2023 | Year earlier | SMF, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Dec 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 87.0% | — | 80.0% | 83.1% |
| Arrived on time | 87.9% | — | 81.4% | 83.8% |
| Cancelled | 0.2% | — | 0.7% | 0.4% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 7.6 min | — | 12.1 min | 11.6 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 151 | — | 154 | 19,013 |
| Scheduled departures | 4,521 | — | 56,306 | 570,394 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 2,677 | 59% | 87.8% | -0.4 min | 0.3% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 666 | 15% | 89.0% | -2.9 min | 0.0% |
| UA United Airlines | 288 | 6% | 92.4% | -5.2 min | 0.0% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 286 | 6% | 90.2% | -4.0 min | 0.0% |
| AA American Airlines | 243 | 5% | 86.4% | 0.0 min | 0.0% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 122 | 3% | 86.9% | -0.7 min | 0.0% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 89 | 2% | 80.9% | 1.4 min | 3.4% |
| HA Hawaiian Airlines | 62 | 1% | 71.0% | 12.7 min | 0.0% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 37 | 1% | 91.9% | -3.4 min | 0.0% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 31 | 1% | 71.0% | 16.9 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 20 | 0% | 100.0% | -9.8 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SMF–LAS | Sacramento to Las Vegas | 502 | 86.5% | 0.6 min | 0.6% |
| SMF–SAN | Sacramento to San Diego | 455 | 85.3% | 0.3 min | 0.2% |
| SMF–LAX | Sacramento to Los Angeles | 383 | 90.6% | -5.5 min | 0.0% |
| SMF–DEN | Sacramento to Denver | 342 | 89.8% | -3.3 min | 0.3% |
| SMF–SEA | Sacramento to Seattle | 337 | 85.5% | -0.9 min | 0.9% |
| SMF–PHX | Sacramento to Phoenix | 305 | 90.5% | -3.0 min | 0.0% |
| SMF–BUR | Sacramento to Burbank | 260 | 87.3% | 2.9 min | 0.0% |
| SMF–SNA | Sacramento to Santa Ana | 192 | 85.9% | 1.5 min | 1.0% |
| SMF–PDX | Sacramento to Portland | 169 | 89.3% | -1.4 min | 0.0% |
| SMF–SLC | Sacramento to Salt Lake City | 160 | 92.5% | -4.6 min | 0.0% |
| SMF–LGB | Sacramento to Long Beach | 150 | 91.3% | -4.2 min | 0.0% |
| SMF–ONT | Sacramento to Ontario | 149 | 92.6% | -3.6 min | 0.7% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left SMF on time in December 2023?
87.0% of 4,521 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 87.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 83.8%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
December 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 December 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.