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Route Reliability

Sacramento → Charlotte

SMF–CLT · 2,244 miles · Sacramento International Airport to Charlotte Douglas International Airport

91
Nerd Approved
WanderNerd Reliability Score
91%
Arrive within 15 minutes
5 min early
Average arrival delay
1.9%
Cancelled
477
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

American Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 91% of the time across 477 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

The 12–3 PM departure wins.

SMF–CLT flights departing between 12–3 PM arrived on time 97% of the time, versus 79% between 6–9 AM.

Wednesday comes out ahead.

A small edge: 94% on time on Wednesdays against 88% on Mondays.

Recent months have been rougher.

SMF–CLT flights arrived on time 83% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 95% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon88%(68 flights)
  • Tue91%(67 flights)
  • Wed94%(68 flights)
  • Thu90%(68 flights)
  • Fri91%(68 flights)
  • Sat90%(59 flights)
  • Sun90%(70 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM90%(72 flights)
  • 6–9 AM79%(14 flights)
  • 12–3 PM97%(33 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM91%(349 flights)
On-time trend by month
90%
May

Jun 96% → May 90% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202596%48
July 202585%58
August 202588%60
September 202593%60
October 202597%36
November 202597%29
December 202597%31
January 202696%26
February 202693%28
March 202681%31
April 202677%30
May 202690%31

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Based on 477 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.