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Route Reliability

SBA → Sacramento

SBA–SMF · 310 miles · SBA Airport to Sacramento International Airport

88
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
83%
Arrive within 15 minutes
1 min early
Average arrival delay
0.8%
Cancelled
365
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Southwest Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 83% of the time across 365 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

SBA–SMF flights departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 91% of the time, versus 76% between 12–3 PM.

Friday is doing you no favors.

SBA–SMF flights arrived on time 90% of the time on Tuesdays and just 73% on Fridays. That gap is worth planning around.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon77%(52 flights)
  • Tue90%(52 flights)
  • Wed90%(50 flights)
  • Thu77%(51 flights)
  • Fri73%(51 flights)
  • Sat90%(52 flights)
  • Sun87%(54 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 9 AM–12 PM91%(89 flights)
  • 12–3 PM76%(38 flights)
  • 3–6 PM88%(60 flights)
  • 6–9 PM79%(175 flights)
On-time trend by month
90%
May

Jun 83% → May 90% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202583%30
July 202590%30
August 202581%31
September 202570%30
October 202568%31
November 202584%31
December 202576%29
January 202694%31
February 202689%28
March 202693%30
April 202683%30
May 202690%31

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Based on 365 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.