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Route Reliability

Salt Lake City → Sacramento

SLCSMF · 532 miles · Salt Lake City International Airport to Sacramento International Airport

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Nerd Approved
WanderNerd Reliability Score
87%
Arrive within 15 minutes
1 min early
Average arrival delay
0.6%
Cancelled
2,156
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

Ranked by on-time arrivals. Historical results, not predictions.

  1. 1.Delta Air Lines88%1,583 flights
  2. 2.Southwest Airlines83%573 flights

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

SLC–SMF flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 100% of the time, versus 76% between 6–9 PM.

Tuesday has been the better bet.

A small edge: 90% on time on Tuesdays against 85% on Fridays.

Delta Air Lines has a slight edge here.

Delta Air Lines arrived on time 88% of the time on this route; Southwest Airlines managed 83%.

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

On-time by weekday
  • Mon86%(326 flights)
  • Tue90%(301 flights)
  • Wed86%(297 flights)
  • Thu86%(321 flights)
  • Fri85%(330 flights)
  • Sat87%(245 flights)
  • Sun88%(321 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM100%(13 flights)
  • 6–9 AM95%(465 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM87%(431 flights)
  • 12–3 PM83%(47 flights)
  • 3–6 PM83%(577 flights)
  • 6–9 PM76%(212 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM89%(396 flights)
On-time trend by month
91%
May

Jun 90% → May 91% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202590%197
July 202586%204
August 202583%189
September 202591%180
October 202581%191
November 202589%178
December 202581%166
January 202688%153
February 202688%148
March 202684%165
April 202688%171
May 202691%199

Based on 2,156 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.