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Route Reliability

Charlotte → Sacramento

CLT–SMF · 2,244 miles · Charlotte Douglas International Airport to Sacramento International Airport

76
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
75%
Arrive within 15 minutes
8 min
Average arrival delay
1.7%
Cancelled
478
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

American Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 75% of the time across 478 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

CLT–SMF flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 100% of the time, versus 72% between 3–6 PM.

Friday is doing you no favors.

CLT–SMF flights arrived on time 87% of the time on Saturdays and just 68% on Fridays. That gap is worth planning around.

Best historical flights

Ranked by on-time arrivals, minimum 100 flights. Past performance, not a promise.

Top flights by on-time rate

More flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon77%(68 flights)
  • Tue69%(68 flights)
  • Wed81%(68 flights)
  • Thu71%(68 flights)
  • Fri68%(68 flights)
  • Sat87%(60 flights)
  • Sun75%(69 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM100%(24 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM100%(10 flights)
  • 12–3 PM—(1 flights)
  • 3–6 PM72%(171 flights)
  • 6–9 PM74%(262 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM—(1 flights)
On-time trend by month
87%
May

Jun 51% → May 87% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202551%49
July 202545%58
August 202566%59
September 202593%60
October 202586%36
November 202579%29
December 202584%31
January 202689%27
February 202686%28
March 202684%31
April 202683%30
May 202687%31

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Based on 478 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.