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Airport month · January 2026
Sacramento International in January 2026
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 January 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 4,130 domestic departures from Sacramento International (SMF). 83.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 83.7% reached their destination on time; 1.3% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 75.6% of flights departed on time and 75.3% arrived on time, so SMF departures were 8.0 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in January 2025, the airport had 4,148 departures with 86.1% leaving on time: a change of −2.5 points, with flights down 0%.
Flights arriving at SMF that month were on time 82.4% of the time (4,134 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 41%, air carrier 28% and national aviation system 17%.
- On time 83.7%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 14.7%
- Cancelled 1.3%
- Diverted 0.2%
January 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Jan 2026 | Jan 2025 | SMF, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Jan 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 83.6% | 86.1% | 80.0% | 75.6% |
| Arrived on time | 83.7% | 86.2% | 81.4% | 75.3% |
| Cancelled | 1.3% | 0.9% | 0.7% | 4.7% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 11.3 min | 9.4 min | 12.1 min | 16.7 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 138 | 138 | 154 | 18,133 |
| Scheduled departures | 4,130 | 4,148 | 56,306 | 544,003 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 2,347 | 57% | 84.4% | 0.8 min | 0.5% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 678 | 16% | 80.7% | 6.5 min | 2.4% |
| UA United Airlines | 308 | 7% | 86.7% | -1.5 min | 0.6% |
| AA American Airlines | 267 | 6% | 78.3% | 7.6 min | 7.5% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 247 | 6% | 85.4% | -0.2 min | 0.0% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 233 | 6% | 88.0% | -4.0 min | 1.7% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 50 | 1% | 74.0% | 21.0 min | 2.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SMF–LAX | Sacramento to Los Angeles | 421 | 84.1% | 6.6 min | 1.0% |
| SMF–SAN | Sacramento to San Diego | 375 | 74.1% | 9.9 min | 2.1% |
| SMF–SEA | Sacramento to Seattle | 309 | 87.7% | -4.1 min | 0.6% |
| SMF–PHX | Sacramento to Phoenix | 299 | 85.3% | 1.5 min | 0.7% |
| SMF–LAS | Sacramento to Las Vegas | 292 | 82.2% | 2.1 min | 0.3% |
| SMF–DEN | Sacramento to Denver | 262 | 84.0% | 1.2 min | 0.0% |
| SMF–BUR | Sacramento to Burbank | 188 | 86.7% | -2.2 min | 0.5% |
| SMF–SNA | Sacramento to Santa Ana | 174 | 90.8% | -3.9 min | 0.0% |
| SMF–LGB | Sacramento to Long Beach | 162 | 90.7% | 0.9 min | 0.0% |
| SMF–PDX | Sacramento to Portland | 160 | 85.6% | 0.0 min | 0.0% |
| SMF–SLC | Sacramento to Salt Lake City | 156 | 86.5% | 0.9 min | 1.3% |
| SMF–ONT | Sacramento to Ontario | 155 | 85.2% | -1.5 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left SMF on time in January 2026?
83.6% of 4,130 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 83.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.6% and 75.3%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In January 2025, 86.1% of 4,148 departures left on time and 0.9% were cancelled, against 83.6% and 1.3% in January 2026.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2026; 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.