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Airport month · November 2025
Sacramento International in November 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 November 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 4,662 domestic departures from Sacramento International (SMF). 80.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.2% reached their destination on time; 1.8% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 78.1% of flights departed on time and 77.3% arrived on time, so SMF departures were 2.0 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in November 2024, the airport had 4,658 departures with 85.1% leaving on time: a change of −5.0 points, with flights up 0%.
Flights arriving at SMF that month were on time 80.7% of the time (4,659 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 42%, national aviation system 28% and air carrier 28%.
- On time 80.2%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.8%
- Cancelled 1.8%
- Diverted 0.1%
November 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Nov 2025 | Nov 2024 | SMF, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 80.1% | 85.1% | 80.0% | 78.1% |
| Arrived on time | 80.2% | 86.5% | 81.4% | 77.3% |
| Cancelled | 1.8% | 0.3% | 0.7% | 2.5% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 11.3 min | 9.3 min | 12.1 min | 15.6 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 155 | 155 | 154 | 19,018 |
| Scheduled departures | 4,662 | 4,658 | 56,306 | 570,550 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 2,679 | 57% | 78.9% | 6.1 min | 1.0% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 804 | 17% | 77.9% | 0.0 min | 4.6% |
| UA United Airlines | 363 | 8% | 86.5% | 0.7 min | 1.1% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 271 | 6% | 89.7% | -2.0 min | 1.8% |
| AA American Airlines | 258 | 6% | 84.1% | -1.3 min | 2.3% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 141 | 3% | 77.3% | -1.6 min | 2.1% |
| HA Hawaiian Airlines | 90 | 2% | 82.2% | -1.9 min | 1.1% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 53 | 1% | 79.2% | -2.5 min | 0.0% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 3 | 0% | 33.3% | 26.3 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SMF–LAX | Sacramento to Los Angeles | 456 | 83.8% | -1.7 min | 2.2% |
| SMF–SAN | Sacramento to San Diego | 440 | 66.4% | 15.7 min | 3.9% |
| SMF–LAS | Sacramento to Las Vegas | 356 | 77.8% | 6.1 min | 2.2% |
| SMF–SEA | Sacramento to Seattle | 341 | 84.5% | -6.4 min | 0.3% |
| SMF–PHX | Sacramento to Phoenix | 330 | 74.5% | 7.7 min | 1.5% |
| SMF–DEN | Sacramento to Denver | 317 | 86.1% | -0.7 min | 0.6% |
| SMF–BUR | Sacramento to Burbank | 235 | 78.7% | 5.7 min | 2.1% |
| SMF–SNA | Sacramento to Santa Ana | 192 | 83.9% | 3.6 min | 0.0% |
| SMF–SLC | Sacramento to Salt Lake City | 182 | 89.6% | -5.3 min | 1.6% |
| SMF–ONT | Sacramento to Ontario | 178 | 86.0% | 1.2 min | 0.0% |
| SMF–LGB | Sacramento to Long Beach | 171 | 80.7% | 3.5 min | 0.6% |
| SMF–PDX | Sacramento to Portland | 139 | 82.0% | -0.9 min | 3.6% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left SMF on time in November 2025?
80.1% of 4,662 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.1% and 77.3%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In November 2024, 85.1% of 4,658 departures left on time and 0.3% were cancelled, against 80.1% and 1.8% in November 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for November 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.