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Route Reliability

Sacramento → Dallas

SMF–DAL · 1,442 miles · Sacramento International Airport to Dallas Love Field

78
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
76%
Arrive within 15 minutes
9 min
Average arrival delay
0.6%
Cancelled
661
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Southwest Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 76% of the time across 661 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

SMF–DAL flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 95% of the time, versus 50% between 3–6 PM.

Monday is the weak spot.

SMF–DAL flights arrived on time 80% of the time on Wednesdays. On Mondays: 72%.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon72%(99 flights)
  • Tue76%(84 flights)
  • Wed80%(85 flights)
  • Thu78%(99 flights)
  • Fri77%(100 flights)
  • Sat75%(88 flights)
  • Sun72%(97 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM95%(272 flights)
  • 6–9 AM93%(57 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM71%(48 flights)
  • 12–3 PM56%(147 flights)
  • 3–6 PM50%(102 flights)
  • 6–9 PM58%(26 flights)
On-time trend by month
71%
May

Jun 70% → May 71% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202570%60
July 202573%60
August 202570%53
September 202578%51
October 202575%55
November 202577%56
December 202569%62
January 202682%39
February 202687%46
March 202675%52
April 202686%56
May 202671%62

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Based on 661 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.