Sacramento International in February 2025

84.7%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 February 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 3,976 domestic departures from Sacramento International (SMF). 84.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 86.4% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.2% of flights departed on time and 77.9% arrived on time, so SMF departures were 5.5 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2024, the airport had 3,730 departures with 85.3% leaving on time: a change of −0.6 points, with flights up 7%.

Flights arriving at SMF that month were on time 83.2% of the time (3,975 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 46%, late-arriving aircraft 37% and national aviation system 13%.

On time 86.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 12.9%
Cancelled 0.5%
Diverted 0.1%

Every scheduled departure from SMF in February 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

February 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Feb 2025	Feb 2024	SMF, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2025
Departed on time	84.7%	85.3%	80.0%	79.2%
Arrived on time	86.4%	86.0%	81.4%	77.9%
Cancelled	0.5%	0.9%	0.7%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	10.1 min	9.5 min	12.1 min	15.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	133	124	154	16,830
Scheduled departures	3,976	3,730	56,306	504,884

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	2,219	56%	86.9%	-1.7 min	0.2%
OO SkyWest Airlines	708	18%	83.8%	-1.5 min	1.1%
UA United Airlines	260	7%	91.9%	-10.2 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	233	6%	86.7%	4.3 min	0.4%
DL Delta Air Lines	212	5%	91.5%	-7.3 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	100	3%	80.0%	0.3 min	4.0%
HA Hawaiian Airlines	84	2%	70.2%	20.2 min	1.2%
NK Spirit Airlines	75	2%	88.0%	-7.4 min	2.7%
F9 Frontier Airlines	57	1%	86.0%	2.4 min	1.8%
MQ Envoy Air	28	1%	96.4%	-10.9 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SMF–LAS	Sacramento to Las Vegas	400	85.5%	0.2 min	0.8%
SMF–LAX	Sacramento to Los Angeles	392	89.8%	-4.6 min	0.0%
SMF–SAN	Sacramento to San Diego	366	79.2%	6.2 min	0.5%
SMF–PHX	Sacramento to Phoenix	279	90.3%	-0.3 min	0.0%
SMF–SEA	Sacramento to Seattle	267	82.8%	-3.7 min	1.5%
SMF–DEN	Sacramento to Denver	258	88.4%	-4.1 min	0.0%
SMF–BUR	Sacramento to Burbank	198	84.3%	-1.8 min	1.5%
SMF–SNA	Sacramento to Santa Ana	166	88.0%	-2.0 min	0.0%
SMF–LGB	Sacramento to Long Beach	155	87.7%	-3.6 min	0.0%
SMF–ONT	Sacramento to Ontario	149	90.6%	-5.0 min	0.0%
SMF–SLC	Sacramento to Salt Lake City	149	89.3%	-5.5 min	0.0%
SMF–DFW	Sacramento to Dallas/Fort Worth	124	83.1%	6.1 min	0.8%

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), February 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	45.9%	33.9%	14,883
Late-arriving aircraft	37.4%	36.9%	12,121
National Aviation System	13.0%	22.5%	4,204
Extreme weather	3.5%	6.6%	1,134
Security	0.3%	0.1%	92

32,434 delay minutes on 513 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 February 2025?

84.7% of 3,976 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 86.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.2% and 77.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2024, 85.3% of 3,730 departures left on time and 0.9% were cancelled, against 84.7% and 0.5% in February 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for February 2025; 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.