Route Reliability
Sacramento → Newark
SMF–EWR · 2,500 miles · Sacramento International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport
- 77%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 7 min
- Average arrival delay
- 1.4%
- Cancelled
- 283
- Flights in the data
Data through May 2026.
United Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 77% of the time across 283 flights. No comparison to make.
What the data says
Skip Wednesday if you can.
SMF–EWR flights arrived on time 82% of the time on Tuesdays. On Wednesdays: 70%.
Trending in the right direction.
SMF–EWR flights arrived on time 85% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 74% in the three months before that.
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
- Mon80%(39 flights)
- Tue82%(39 flights)
- Wed70%(40 flights)
- Thu82%(38 flights)
- Fri72%(39 flights)
- Sat78%(40 flights)
- Sun79%(42 flights)
Jun 80% → May 94% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 80% | 30 |
| July 2025 | 45% | 29 |
| August 2025 | 87% | 31 |
| September 2025 | 79% | 29 |
| October 2025 | 68% | 31 |
| November 2025 | 76% | 29 |
| December 2025 | 77% | 30 |
| April 2026 | 86% | 29 |
| May 2026 | 94% | 31 |
Same trip, other airports
Keep nerding
Based on 283 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.