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Route Reliability

Newark → Sacramento

EWR–SMF · 2,500 miles · Newark Liberty International Airport to Sacramento International Airport

67
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
70%
Arrive within 15 minutes
15 min
Average arrival delay
1.4%
Cancelled
283
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

United Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 70% of the time across 283 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

EWR–SMF flights arrived on time 83% of the time on Tuesdays and just 62% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon72%(39 flights)
  • Tue83%(40 flights)
  • Wed65%(40 flights)
  • Thu71%(38 flights)
  • Fri67%(39 flights)
  • Sat69%(39 flights)
  • Sun62%(42 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 9 AM–12 PM—(1 flights)
  • 6–9 PM70%(276 flights)
On-time trend by month
77%
May

Jun 76% → May 77% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202576%29
July 202566%29
August 202568%31
September 202579%29
October 202552%31
November 202580%30
December 202562%29
April 202670%30
May 202677%31

Same trip, other airports

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Based on 283 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.