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Airport month · March 2025
Sacramento International in March 2025
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 March 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 4,827 domestic departures from Sacramento International (SMF). 83.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 84.8% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 79.9% of flights departed on time and 79.3% arrived on time, so SMF departures were 3.7 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in March 2024, the airport had 4,248 departures with 83.4% leaving on time: a change of +0.2 points, with flights up 14%.
Flights arriving at SMF that month were on time 82.7% of the time (4,829 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 46%, air carrier 36% and national aviation system 15%.
- On time 84.8%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 14.5%
- Cancelled 0.5%
- Diverted 0.2%
March 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Mar 2025 | Mar 2024 | SMF, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 83.6% | 83.4% | 80.0% | 79.9% |
| Arrived on time | 84.8% | 83.3% | 81.4% | 79.3% |
| Cancelled | 0.5% | 0.7% | 0.7% | 1.2% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 9.7 min | 11.6 min | 12.1 min | 14.9 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 161 | 142 | 154 | 20,029 |
| Scheduled departures | 4,827 | 4,248 | 56,306 | 600,872 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 2,768 | 57% | 84.2% | 0.9 min | 0.5% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 843 | 17% | 82.6% | 1.7 min | 0.2% |
| AA American Airlines | 327 | 7% | 82.9% | 0.1 min | 1.2% |
| UA United Airlines | 311 | 6% | 90.4% | -6.9 min | 0.0% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 238 | 5% | 89.9% | -3.8 min | 0.4% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 103 | 2% | 82.5% | 3.0 min | 1.0% |
| HA Hawaiian Airlines | 93 | 2% | 86.0% | -4.4 min | 0.0% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 57 | 1% | 89.5% | -3.1 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 56 | 1% | 94.6% | -8.7 min | 0.0% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 31 | 1% | 93.5% | -11.5 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SMF–LAX | Sacramento to Los Angeles | 478 | 87.4% | -3.5 min | 0.2% |
| SMF–LAS | Sacramento to Las Vegas | 463 | 83.4% | 0.5 min | 0.2% |
| SMF–SAN | Sacramento to San Diego | 427 | 78.0% | 6.3 min | 0.7% |
| SMF–PHX | Sacramento to Phoenix | 351 | 82.6% | 3.9 min | 0.6% |
| SMF–DEN | Sacramento to Denver | 320 | 88.1% | -3.2 min | 0.3% |
| SMF–SEA | Sacramento to Seattle | 311 | 85.5% | -3.0 min | 0.3% |
| SMF–BUR | Sacramento to Burbank | 245 | 84.5% | -0.3 min | 2.4% |
| SMF–SNA | Sacramento to Santa Ana | 193 | 87.0% | -3.1 min | 0.5% |
| SMF–ONT | Sacramento to Ontario | 176 | 86.4% | 0.9 min | 0.0% |
| SMF–LGB | Sacramento to Long Beach | 167 | 86.2% | 0.6 min | 0.0% |
| SMF–PDX | Sacramento to Portland | 161 | 82.0% | 3.5 min | 0.0% |
| SMF–SLC | Sacramento to Salt Lake City | 159 | 89.3% | -1.8 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left SMF on time in March 2025?
83.6% of 4,827 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 84.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.9% and 79.3%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In March 2024, 83.4% of 4,248 departures left on time and 0.7% were cancelled, against 83.6% and 0.5% in March 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for March 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.