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Route Reliability

Long Beach → Sacramento

LGB–SMF · 387 miles · Long Beach Airport to Sacramento International Airport

95
Nerd Approved
WanderNerd Reliability Score
89%
Arrive within 15 minutes
4 min early
Average arrival delay
0.4%
Cancelled
1,917
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Southwest Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 89% of the time across 1,917 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

LGB–SMF flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 97% of the time, versus 78% between 6–9 PM.

Monday is the weak spot.

LGB–SMF flights arrived on time 95% of the time on Wednesdays. On Mondays: 85%.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon85%(293 flights)
  • Tue93%(275 flights)
  • Wed95%(274 flights)
  • Thu86%(292 flights)
  • Fri87%(286 flights)
  • Sat88%(225 flights)
  • Sun86%(263 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM97%(376 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM96%(407 flights)
  • 12–3 PM89%(374 flights)
  • 3–6 PM85%(337 flights)
  • 6–9 PM78%(414 flights)
On-time trend by month
90%
May

Jun 85% → May 90% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202585%164
July 202586%170
August 202592%162
September 202591%159
October 202588%163
November 202584%170
December 202585%169
January 202692%161
February 202690%155
March 202691%149
April 202693%142
May 202690%144

Same trip, other airports

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Based on 1,917 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.