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Route Reliability

Dallas → Sacramento

DAL–SMF · 1,442 miles · Dallas Love Field to Sacramento International Airport

77
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
73%
Arrive within 15 minutes
11 min
Average arrival delay
0.8%
Cancelled
661
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Southwest Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 73% of the time across 661 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

DAL–SMF flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 92% of the time, versus 47% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Monday is the weak spot.

DAL–SMF flights arrived on time 78% of the time on Wednesdays. On Mondays: 67%.

Recent months have been rougher.

DAL–SMF flights arrived on time 71% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 79% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon67%(101 flights)
  • Tue70%(87 flights)
  • Wed78%(86 flights)
  • Thu74%(100 flights)
  • Fri75%(99 flights)
  • Sat77%(87 flights)
  • Sun69%(96 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM92%(164 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM89%(139 flights)
  • 12–3 PM90%(10 flights)
  • 3–6 PM74%(46 flights)
  • 6–9 PM57%(208 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM47%(89 flights)
On-time trend by month
59%
May

Jun 62% → May 59% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202562%60
July 202573%60
August 202577%53
September 202571%51
October 202571%56
November 202574%58
December 202579%62
January 202680%39
February 202678%46
March 202677%52
April 202676%58
May 202659%61

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Based on 661 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.