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Route Reliability

Sacramento → Burbank

SMF–BUR · 358 miles · Sacramento International Airport to Hollywood Burbank Airport

85
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
86%
Arrive within 15 minutes
0 min
Average arrival delay
1.9%
Cancelled
2,679
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Southwest Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 86% of the time across 2,679 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

SMF–BUR flights departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 94% of the time, versus 77% between 6–9 PM.

Saturday comes out ahead.

A small edge: 89% on time on Saturdays against 82% on Sundays.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon85%(426 flights)
  • Tue88%(364 flights)
  • Wed87%(363 flights)
  • Thu86%(432 flights)
  • Fri85%(424 flights)
  • Sat89%(239 flights)
  • Sun82%(370 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM94%(628 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM94%(494 flights)
  • 12–3 PM84%(449 flights)
  • 3–6 PM79%(478 flights)
  • 6–9 PM77%(569 flights)
On-time trend by month
81%
May

Jun 87% → May 81% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202587%231
July 202589%233
August 202588%226
September 202586%228
October 202581%232
November 202583%229
December 202581%217
January 202689%186
February 202691%176
March 202685%216
April 202690%220
May 202681%224

Same trip, other airports

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Based on 2,679 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.