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Airport month · August 2025
Sacramento International in August 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 August 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 5,089 domestic departures from Sacramento International (SMF). 82.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 82.0% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 76.8% of flights departed on time and 76.3% arrived on time, so SMF departures were 5.2 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in August 2024, the airport had 5,055 departures with 82.3% leaving on time: a change of −0.3 points, with flights up 1%.
Flights arriving at SMF that month were on time 80.6% of the time (5,088 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 42%, air carrier 38% and national aviation system 18%.
- On time 82.0%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.1%
- Cancelled 0.5%
- Diverted 0.3%
August 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Aug 2025 | Aug 2024 | SMF, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 82.0% | 82.3% | 80.0% | 76.8% |
| Arrived on time | 82.0% | 82.1% | 81.4% | 76.3% |
| Cancelled | 0.5% | 0.7% | 0.7% | 1.1% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 11.3 min | 11.8 min | 12.1 min | 17.6 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 170 | 169 | 154 | 20,079 |
| Scheduled departures | 5,089 | 5,055 | 56,306 | 602,378 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 2,754 | 54% | 82.0% | 3.0 min | 0.4% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 875 | 17% | 83.7% | 2.4 min | 0.0% |
| UA United Airlines | 386 | 8% | 80.8% | 3.6 min | 1.3% |
| AA American Airlines | 360 | 7% | 78.1% | 11.6 min | 1.4% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 345 | 7% | 90.1% | -5.4 min | 0.6% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 114 | 2% | 71.1% | 10.3 min | 1.8% |
| HA Hawaiian Airlines | 93 | 2% | 83.9% | 0.7 min | 1.1% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 62 | 1% | 75.8% | 5.0 min | 1.6% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 61 | 1% | 77.0% | 10.3 min | 1.6% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 39 | 1% | 69.2% | 10.6 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SMF–LAX | Sacramento to Los Angeles | 470 | 87.2% | 1.7 min | 0.2% |
| SMF–SAN | Sacramento to San Diego | 443 | 76.7% | 8.7 min | 0.0% |
| SMF–LAS | Sacramento to Las Vegas | 431 | 82.1% | 4.4 min | 0.2% |
| SMF–SEA | Sacramento to Seattle | 426 | 76.8% | 4.9 min | 0.5% |
| SMF–DEN | Sacramento to Denver | 352 | 77.0% | 6.0 min | 1.4% |
| SMF–PHX | Sacramento to Phoenix | 264 | 85.2% | 5.7 min | 0.4% |
| SMF–BUR | Sacramento to Burbank | 231 | 85.7% | -2.4 min | 1.7% |
| SMF–SNA | Sacramento to Santa Ana | 209 | 87.1% | -1.6 min | 1.0% |
| SMF–PDX | Sacramento to Portland | 191 | 87.4% | -1.4 min | 0.0% |
| SMF–SLC | Sacramento to Salt Lake City | 189 | 85.7% | 1.0 min | 0.0% |
| SMF–ONT | Sacramento to Ontario | 178 | 88.8% | -1.3 min | 1.1% |
| SMF–LGB | Sacramento to Long Beach | 162 | 83.3% | 1.8 min | 0.6% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left SMF on time in August 2025?
82.0% of 5,089 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 82.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.8% and 76.3%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In August 2024, 82.3% of 5,055 departures left on time and 0.7% were cancelled, against 82.0% and 0.5% in August 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 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.