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Airport month · February 2024
Sacramento International in February 2024
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 February 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 3,730 domestic departures from Sacramento International (SMF). 85.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 86.0% reached their destination on time; 0.9% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 84.0% of flights departed on time and 83.4% arrived on time, so SMF departures were 1.3 points above the national departure figure.
Flights arriving at SMF that month were on time 82.3% of the time (3,730 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 39%, air carrier 38% and national aviation system 20%.
- On time 86.0%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 13.0%
- Cancelled 0.9%
- Diverted 0.1%
February 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Feb 2024 | Year earlier | SMF, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Feb 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 85.3% | — | 80.0% | 84.0% |
| Arrived on time | 86.0% | — | 81.4% | 83.4% |
| Cancelled | 0.9% | — | 0.7% | 0.6% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 9.5 min | — | 12.1 min | 11.2 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 124 | — | 154 | 17,307 |
| Scheduled departures | 3,730 | — | 56,306 | 519,221 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 2,146 | 58% | 85.1% | 0.9 min | 1.3% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 640 | 17% | 87.3% | -2.7 min | 0.6% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 236 | 6% | 92.4% | -2.4 min | 0.0% |
| AA American Airlines | 219 | 6% | 93.2% | -11.0 min | 0.0% |
| UA United Airlines | 204 | 5% | 89.7% | -2.2 min | 0.5% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 94 | 3% | 79.8% | 5.6 min | 1.1% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 58 | 2% | 94.8% | -8.6 min | 0.0% |
| HA Hawaiian Airlines | 58 | 2% | 58.6% | 26.6 min | 1.7% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 29 | 1% | 44.8% | 66.6 min | 3.4% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 29 | 1% | 89.7% | -8.3 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 17 | 0% | 76.5% | 15.3 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SMF–LAS | Sacramento to Las Vegas | 415 | 79.0% | 7.6 min | 1.7% |
| SMF–LAX | Sacramento to Los Angeles | 381 | 87.1% | -1.6 min | 0.3% |
| SMF–SAN | Sacramento to San Diego | 379 | 79.7% | 5.0 min | 1.1% |
| SMF–SEA | Sacramento to Seattle | 279 | 93.5% | -10.2 min | 0.4% |
| SMF–PHX | Sacramento to Phoenix | 265 | 87.5% | -2.8 min | 0.4% |
| SMF–DEN | Sacramento to Denver | 241 | 86.7% | -0.2 min | 0.8% |
| SMF–BUR | Sacramento to Burbank | 198 | 88.9% | -3.2 min | 1.5% |
| SMF–SNA | Sacramento to Santa Ana | 183 | 88.5% | 1.3 min | 1.1% |
| SMF–LGB | Sacramento to Long Beach | 158 | 92.4% | -4.3 min | 1.3% |
| SMF–SLC | Sacramento to Salt Lake City | 136 | 89.7% | -0.6 min | 0.0% |
| SMF–DFW | Sacramento to Dallas/Fort Worth | 133 | 93.2% | -10.4 min | 0.0% |
| SMF–ONT | Sacramento to Ontario | 129 | 87.6% | -4.6 min | 0.8% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left SMF on time in February 2024?
85.3% of 3,730 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 86.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.0% and 83.4%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
February 2023 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 February 2024; 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.