Sacramento International in October 2024

85.2%departed on time

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 October 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 5,014 domestic departures from Sacramento International (SMF). 85.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 86.1% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.5% of flights departed on time and 85.8% arrived on time, so SMF departures were level with the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in October 2023, the airport had 4,604 departures with 82.0% leaving on time: a change of +3.2 points, with flights up 9%.

Flights arriving at SMF that month were on time 84.4% of the time (5,013 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 42%, air carrier 30% and national aviation system 23%.

On time 86.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 13.3%
Cancelled 0.5%
Diverted 0.2%

Every scheduled departure from SMF in October 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

October 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Oct 2024	Oct 2023	SMF, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2024
Departed on time	85.2%	82.0%	80.0%	85.5%
Arrived on time	86.1%	83.9%	81.4%	85.8%
Cancelled	0.5%	0.2%	0.7%	1.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	9.7 min	10.2 min	12.1 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	167	154	154	20,517
Scheduled departures	5,014	4,604	56,306	615,497

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	2,604	52%	85.0%	0.6 min	0.5%
OO SkyWest Airlines	793	16%	82.7%	1.9 min	0.5%
UA United Airlines	369	7%	94.9%	-7.8 min	0.3%
AA American Airlines	314	6%	88.9%	1.1 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	303	6%	94.4%	-10.1 min	0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	219	4%	80.4%	8.7 min	0.5%
AS Alaska Airlines	148	3%	89.2%	-5.4 min	2.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	139	3%	82.7%	-0.4 min	1.4%
HA Hawaiian Airlines	93	2%	88.2%	-0.5 min	0.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways	26	1%	84.6%	2.8 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	6	0%	83.3%	3.7 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SMF–SAN	Sacramento to San Diego	494	65.2%	20.0 min	2.4%
SMF–LAS	Sacramento to Las Vegas	493	86.2%	0.4 min	0.0%
SMF–LAX	Sacramento to Los Angeles	476	90.3%	-4.2 min	0.0%
SMF–SEA	Sacramento to Seattle	387	87.3%	-4.4 min	0.8%
SMF–DEN	Sacramento to Denver	358	94.1%	-8.8 min	0.6%
SMF–PHX	Sacramento to Phoenix	324	90.1%	0.6 min	0.0%
SMF–BUR	Sacramento to Burbank	287	81.5%	3.0 min	0.3%
SMF–ONT	Sacramento to Ontario	193	89.1%	-5.7 min	0.5%
SMF–SNA	Sacramento to Santa Ana	182	82.4%	0.5 min	0.0%
SMF–SLC	Sacramento to Salt Lake City	177	96.6%	-13.3 min	0.0%
SMF–LGB	Sacramento to Long Beach	162	84.0%	1.5 min	1.9%
SMF–DFW	Sacramento to Dallas/Fort Worth	153	89.5%	-2.4 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), October 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	30.3%	42.7%	12,463
Late-arriving aircraft	42.4%	37.4%	17,429
National Aviation System	22.7%	16.3%	9,328
Extreme weather	4.6%	3.4%	1,912
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

41,132 delay minutes on 665 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

How many flights left SMF on time in October 2024?

85.2% of 5,014 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 86.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.5% and 85.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2023, 82.0% of 4,604 departures left on time and 0.2% were cancelled, against 85.2% and 0.5% in October 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for October 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.