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Flight Reliability

AS 3398 · Alaska Airlines

Sacramento → San Diego (SMFSAN)99% of its flights flew this route. The rest (LAS–LAX) are included in these numbers.

92
Nerd Approved
WanderNerd Reliability Score
92%
Arrive within 15 minutes
2 min early
Average arrival delay
1.6%
Cancelled
10 min early
Median arrival delay

Based on 185 historical flights. Data through May 2026.

What the data says

Saturdays have been rough.

AS 3398 arrived on time 100% of the time on Tuesdays and just 83% on Saturdays. That gap is worth planning around.

Well ahead of the SMF–SAN route.

AS 3398 arrived on time 92% of the time, versus 75% across the SMF–SAN route.

Better than the Alaska Airlines network average.

AS 3398 arrived on time 92% of the time, versus 80% across the Alaska Airlines network.

Slipping a little lately.

AS 3398 arrived on time 90% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 93% in the three months before that.

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon96%(28 flights)
  • Tue100%(24 flights)
  • Wed100%(20 flights)
  • Thu90%(29 flights)
  • Fri89%(28 flights)
  • Sat83%(23 flights)
  • Sun90%(29 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM92%(180 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM(1 flights)
On-time trend by month
100%
May

Jun 92% → May 100% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202592%24
July 202597%30
August 202590%31
September 202590%30
October 2025100%15
February 202682%17
March 202688%16
May 2026100%17
Departures on time
97%
Diverted
0.5%
Flights flown
181
Months covered
9

Based on 185 historical flights, because apparently we checked. Historical flight data: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, June 2025 – May 2026. Data through May 2026. How we calculate this.