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Airport month · September 2025
Sacramento International in September 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 September 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 4,804 domestic departures from Sacramento International (SMF). 83.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 84.3% reached their destination on time; 0.4% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 82.8% arrived on time, so SMF departures were 0.6 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in September 2024, the airport had 4,870 departures with 85.4% leaving on time: a change of −1.7 points, with flights down 1%.
Flights arriving at SMF that month were on time 83.6% of the time (4,805 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 48%, air carrier 29% and national aviation system 21%.
- On time 84.3%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.2%
- Cancelled 0.4%
- Diverted 0.2%
September 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Sep 2025 | Sep 2024 | SMF, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 83.7% | 85.4% | 80.0% | 83.1% |
| Arrived on time | 84.3% | 85.1% | 81.4% | 82.8% |
| Cancelled | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.7% | 0.5% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 10.0 min | 9.6 min | 12.1 min | 12.2 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 160 | 162 | 154 | 18,748 |
| Scheduled departures | 4,804 | 4,870 | 56,306 | 562,439 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 2,672 | 56% | 83.6% | 2.5 min | 0.3% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 811 | 17% | 84.6% | -1.7 min | 0.2% |
| UA United Airlines | 373 | 8% | 87.9% | 0.3 min | 0.3% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 328 | 7% | 93.6% | -9.0 min | 0.3% |
| AA American Airlines | 286 | 6% | 84.6% | 6.2 min | 0.7% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 94 | 2% | 68.1% | 7.6 min | 0.0% |
| HA Hawaiian Airlines | 91 | 2% | 75.8% | 11.0 min | 1.1% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 60 | 1% | 91.7% | -4.6 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 37 | 1% | 67.6% | 13.9 min | 0.0% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 32 | 1% | 87.5% | 2.2 min | 0.0% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 20 | 0% | 60.0% | 22.5 min | 5.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SMF–LAX | Sacramento to Los Angeles | 460 | 88.0% | -4.1 min | 0.2% |
| SMF–SAN | Sacramento to San Diego | 416 | 79.1% | 8.5 min | 1.0% |
| SMF–LAS | Sacramento to Las Vegas | 407 | 81.3% | 5.5 min | 0.7% |
| SMF–SEA | Sacramento to Seattle | 398 | 79.1% | -0.2 min | 0.0% |
| SMF–DEN | Sacramento to Denver | 344 | 81.1% | 2.5 min | 0.0% |
| SMF–PHX | Sacramento to Phoenix | 241 | 84.2% | 7.4 min | 2.1% |
| SMF–BUR | Sacramento to Burbank | 228 | 85.5% | -1.0 min | 0.0% |
| SMF–SNA | Sacramento to Santa Ana | 206 | 87.9% | -0.7 min | 0.0% |
| SMF–SLC | Sacramento to Salt Lake City | 180 | 87.8% | -4.2 min | 0.0% |
| SMF–ONT | Sacramento to Ontario | 177 | 89.3% | -1.7 min | 0.0% |
| SMF–PDX | Sacramento to Portland | 164 | 83.5% | 3.1 min | 0.0% |
| SMF–LGB | Sacramento to Long Beach | 159 | 90.6% | -1.8 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left SMF on time in September 2025?
83.7% of 4,804 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 84.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 82.8%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In September 2024, 85.4% of 4,870 departures left on time and 0.4% were cancelled, against 83.7% and 0.4% in September 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for September 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.