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Airport month · July 2025
Sacramento International in July 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 July 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 5,494 domestic departures from Sacramento International (SMF). 77.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 78.1% reached their destination on time; 0.7% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 69.7% of flights departed on time and 69.0% arrived on time, so SMF departures were 7.4 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in July 2024, the airport had 5,021 departures with 76.7% leaving on time: a change of +0.4 points, with flights up 9%.
Flights arriving at SMF that month were on time 74.1% of the time (5,495 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 49%, air carrier 33% and national aviation system 17%.
- On time 78.1%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 20.8%
- Cancelled 0.7%
- Diverted 0.4%
July 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Jul 2025 | Jul 2024 | SMF, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Jul 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 77.1% | 76.7% | 80.0% | 69.7% |
| Arrived on time | 78.1% | 76.4% | 81.4% | 69.0% |
| Cancelled | 0.7% | 1.5% | 0.7% | 2.5% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 14.9 min | 17.6 min | 12.1 min | 24.3 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 183 | 167 | 154 | 21,048 |
| Scheduled departures | 5,494 | 5,021 | 56,306 | 631,428 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 2,998 | 55% | 76.6% | 8.1 min | 0.5% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 969 | 18% | 85.6% | -0.3 min | 0.4% |
| AA American Airlines | 405 | 7% | 75.6% | 12.4 min | 1.2% |
| UA United Airlines | 395 | 7% | 67.1% | 14.4 min | 1.0% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 356 | 6% | 89.6% | -4.4 min | 0.0% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 124 | 2% | 77.4% | 10.1 min | 1.6% |
| HA Hawaiian Airlines | 93 | 2% | 87.1% | 12.2 min | 1.1% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 62 | 1% | 40.3% | 76.2 min | 3.2% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 61 | 1% | 83.6% | 4.9 min | 4.9% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 31 | 1% | 74.2% | 7.6 min | 6.5% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SMF–LAX | Sacramento to Los Angeles | 512 | 86.5% | -3.1 min | 0.4% |
| SMF–SAN | Sacramento to San Diego | 465 | 71.8% | 11.8 min | 0.2% |
| SMF–SEA | Sacramento to Seattle | 455 | 80.4% | 5.3 min | 0.4% |
| SMF–LAS | Sacramento to Las Vegas | 452 | 77.2% | 10.3 min | 1.1% |
| SMF–DEN | Sacramento to Denver | 384 | 68.2% | 13.3 min | 1.0% |
| SMF–PHX | Sacramento to Phoenix | 315 | 78.7% | 9.5 min | 0.3% |
| SMF–BUR | Sacramento to Burbank | 238 | 86.6% | -1.7 min | 2.1% |
| SMF–PDX | Sacramento to Portland | 215 | 74.4% | 11.0 min | 0.5% |
| SMF–SNA | Sacramento to Santa Ana | 209 | 82.8% | -0.9 min | 2.4% |
| SMF–SLC | Sacramento to Salt Lake City | 204 | 87.3% | 0.0 min | 0.0% |
| SMF–ONT | Sacramento to Ontario | 179 | 87.2% | 0.4 min | 0.0% |
| SMF–LGB | Sacramento to Long Beach | 171 | 86.5% | -1.5 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left SMF on time in July 2025?
77.1% of 5,494 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 78.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 69.7% and 69.0%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In July 2024, 76.7% of 5,021 departures left on time and 1.5% were cancelled, against 77.1% and 0.7% in July 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for July 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.