Route Reliability
Detroit → Sacramento
DTW–SMF · 2,013 miles · Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport to Sacramento International Airport
- 80%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 8 min
- Average arrival delay
- 0%
- Cancelled
- 260
- Flights in the data
Data through May 2026.
Delta Air Lines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 80% of the time across 260 flights. No comparison to make.
What the data says
Morning flights do better here.
DTW–SMF flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 89% of the time, versus 72% between 6–9 PM.
Mondays have been rough.
DTW–SMF flights arrived on time 95% of the time on Wednesdays and just 66% on Mondays. That gap is worth planning around.
It basically never cancels.
Out of 260 scheduled flights, only 0.0% were cancelled.
Recent months have been rougher.
DTW–SMF flights arrived on time 80% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 92% in the three months before that.
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
- Mon66%(38 flights)
- Tue87%(37 flights)
- Wed95%(38 flights)
- Thu78%(37 flights)
- Fri80%(35 flights)
- Sat81%(36 flights)
- Sun77%(39 flights)
- 6–9 AM89%(130 flights)
- 6–9 PM72%(130 flights)
Jun 60% → May 71% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 60% | 30 |
| July 2025 | 70% | 30 |
| August 2025 | 76% | 29 |
| September 2025 | 97% | 30 |
| October 2025 | 97% | 30 |
| November 2025 | 84% | 25 |
| March 2026 | 79% | 24 |
| April 2026 | 90% | 30 |
| May 2026 | 71% | 31 |
Keep nerding
Based on 260 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.