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Airport month · July 2024
Sacramento International in July 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 July 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 5,021 domestic departures from Sacramento International (SMF). 76.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 76.4% reached their destination on time; 1.5% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 68.5% of flights departed on time and 68.1% arrived on time, so SMF departures were 8.2 points above the national departure figure.
Flights arriving at SMF that month were on time 72.5% of the time (5,022 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 44%, late-arriving aircraft 41% and national aviation system 13%.
- On time 76.4%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 21.9%
- Cancelled 1.5%
- Diverted 0.2%
July 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Jul 2024 | Year earlier | SMF, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Jul 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 76.7% | — | 80.0% | 68.5% |
| Arrived on time | 76.4% | — | 81.4% | 68.1% |
| Cancelled | 1.5% | — | 0.7% | 2.9% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 17.6 min | — | 12.1 min | 24.9 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 167 | — | 154 | 21,154 |
| Scheduled departures | 5,021 | — | 56,306 | 634,613 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 2,699 | 54% | 78.1% | 7.1 min | 0.3% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 736 | 15% | 82.5% | 6.2 min | 0.3% |
| UA United Airlines | 393 | 8% | 73.5% | 13.5 min | 5.3% |
| AA American Airlines | 364 | 7% | 69.2% | 36.2 min | 1.6% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 305 | 6% | 75.1% | 13.3 min | 6.9% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 169 | 3% | 61.5% | 21.3 min | 4.1% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 119 | 2% | 65.5% | 19.5 min | 0.8% |
| HA Hawaiian Airlines | 93 | 2% | 87.1% | -6.0 min | 1.1% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 77 | 2% | 67.5% | 23.4 min | 6.5% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 62 | 1% | 54.8% | 47.2 min | 0.0% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 4 | 0% | 100.0% | -14.5 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SMF–SAN | Sacramento to San Diego | 492 | 71.3% | 12.4 min | 0.2% |
| SMF–LAS | Sacramento to Las Vegas | 487 | 71.7% | 12.3 min | 1.6% |
| SMF–LAX | Sacramento to Los Angeles | 428 | 80.8% | 6.4 min | 0.0% |
| SMF–SEA | Sacramento to Seattle | 417 | 77.9% | 8.8 min | 0.2% |
| SMF–DEN | Sacramento to Denver | 395 | 82.3% | 6.3 min | 2.0% |
| SMF–PHX | Sacramento to Phoenix | 285 | 81.8% | 18.5 min | 0.0% |
| SMF–BUR | Sacramento to Burbank | 231 | 81.4% | 5.4 min | 1.7% |
| SMF–SNA | Sacramento to Santa Ana | 181 | 86.2% | -2.7 min | 0.6% |
| SMF–SLC | Sacramento to Salt Lake City | 180 | 81.1% | 7.0 min | 5.0% |
| SMF–LGB | Sacramento to Long Beach | 171 | 80.7% | 2.1 min | 1.2% |
| SMF–DFW | Sacramento to Dallas/Fort Worth | 169 | 55.6% | 29.2 min | 3.0% |
| SMF–ONT | Sacramento to Ontario | 165 | 79.4% | 8.6 min | 0.6% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left SMF on time in July 2024?
76.7% of 5,021 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 76.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 68.5% and 68.1%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
July 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 July 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.