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Airport month · August 2024
Sacramento International in August 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 August 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 5,055 domestic departures from Sacramento International (SMF). 82.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 82.1% reached their destination on time; 0.7% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 75.4% of flights departed on time and 74.7% arrived on time, so SMF departures were 6.9 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in August 2023, the airport had 4,704 departures with 80.4% leaving on time: a change of +1.9 points, with flights up 7%.
Flights arriving at SMF that month were on time 79.0% of the time (5,059 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 50%, air carrier 34% and national aviation system 16%.
- On time 82.1%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.0%
- Cancelled 0.7%
- Diverted 0.2%
August 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Aug 2024 | Aug 2023 | SMF, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Aug 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 82.3% | 80.4% | 80.0% | 75.4% |
| Arrived on time | 82.1% | 80.9% | 81.4% | 74.7% |
| Cancelled | 0.7% | 1.5% | 0.7% | 2.1% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 11.8 min | 11.3 min | 12.1 min | 18.4 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 169 | 157 | 154 | 20,634 |
| Scheduled departures | 5,055 | 4,704 | 56,306 | 619,025 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 2,675 | 53% | 83.8% | 1.2 min | 0.3% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 755 | 15% | 86.1% | 0.7 min | 0.1% |
| UA United Airlines | 400 | 8% | 80.5% | 2.2 min | 2.3% |
| AA American Airlines | 325 | 6% | 77.2% | 17.0 min | 0.9% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 290 | 6% | 86.6% | -0.5 min | 0.7% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 183 | 4% | 65.6% | 18.4 min | 3.3% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 137 | 3% | 78.8% | 1.5 min | 0.7% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 135 | 3% | 71.1% | 6.2 min | 0.0% |
| HA Hawaiian Airlines | 93 | 2% | 78.5% | 6.4 min | 2.2% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 62 | 1% | 56.5% | 36.7 min | 4.8% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SMF–LAS | Sacramento to Las Vegas | 513 | 78.8% | 7.2 min | 1.0% |
| SMF–SAN | Sacramento to San Diego | 501 | 76.8% | 5.3 min | 0.4% |
| SMF–LAX | Sacramento to Los Angeles | 456 | 86.6% | -0.3 min | 0.0% |
| SMF–SEA | Sacramento to Seattle | 423 | 76.1% | 3.5 min | 0.0% |
| SMF–DEN | Sacramento to Denver | 372 | 81.7% | 0.4 min | 1.1% |
| SMF–PHX | Sacramento to Phoenix | 306 | 84.3% | 6.4 min | 0.3% |
| SMF–BUR | Sacramento to Burbank | 227 | 85.5% | -2.1 min | 1.8% |
| SMF–ONT | Sacramento to Ontario | 187 | 90.9% | -5.2 min | 0.5% |
| SMF–SNA | Sacramento to Santa Ana | 186 | 83.9% | -0.7 min | 0.5% |
| SMF–DFW | Sacramento to Dallas/Fort Worth | 164 | 67.1% | 28.4 min | 0.6% |
| SMF–LGB | Sacramento to Long Beach | 164 | 93.9% | -3.4 min | 0.0% |
| SMF–SLC | Sacramento to Salt Lake City | 164 | 85.4% | -2.2 min | 0.6% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left SMF on time in August 2024?
82.3% of 5,055 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 82.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.4% and 74.7%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In August 2023, 80.4% of 4,704 departures left on time and 1.5% were cancelled, against 82.3% and 0.7% in August 2024.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 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.