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Route Reliability

Austin → Sacramento

AUS–SMF · 1,481 miles · Austin–Bergstrom International Airport to Sacramento International Airport

81
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
74%
Arrive within 15 minutes
9 min
Average arrival delay
0.2%
Cancelled
446
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Southwest Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 74% of the time across 446 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

AUS–SMF flights departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 84% of the time, versus 57% between 6–9 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

AUS–SMF flights arrived on time 82% of the time on Tuesdays. On Sundays: 68%.

It basically never cancels.

Out of 446 scheduled flights, only 0.2% were cancelled.

Recent months have been rougher.

AUS–SMF flights arrived on time 66% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 80% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon69%(62 flights)
  • Tue82%(61 flights)
  • Wed72%(61 flights)
  • Thu74%(61 flights)
  • Fri77%(60 flights)
  • Sat74%(66 flights)
  • Sun68%(74 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM—(7 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM84%(82 flights)
  • 12–3 PM82%(113 flights)
  • 3–6 PM75%(92 flights)
  • 6–9 PM57%(125 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM73%(26 flights)
On-time trend by month
65%
May

Jun 73% → May 65% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202573%60
July 202568%62
August 202584%37
September 202574%34
October 202571%35
November 202575%32
December 202582%33
January 202688%32
February 202671%28
March 202668%31
April 202667%30
May 202665%31

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Based on 446 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.