Route Reliability
Salt Lake City → Sacramento
SLC–SMF · 532 miles · Salt Lake City International Airport to Sacramento International Airport
- 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.Delta Air Lines88%1,583 flights
- 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
- Mon86%(326 flights)
- Tue90%(301 flights)
- Wed86%(297 flights)
- Thu86%(321 flights)
- Fri85%(330 flights)
- Sat87%(245 flights)
- Sun88%(321 flights)
- 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)
Jun 90% → May 91% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 90% | 197 |
| July 2025 | 86% | 204 |
| August 2025 | 83% | 189 |
| September 2025 | 91% | 180 |
| October 2025 | 81% | 191 |
| November 2025 | 89% | 178 |
| December 2025 | 81% | 166 |
| January 2026 | 88% | 153 |
| February 2026 | 88% | 148 |
| March 2026 | 84% | 165 |
| April 2026 | 88% | 171 |
| May 2026 | 91% | 199 |
Keep nerding
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.