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Route Reliability

Sacramento → Newark

SMFEWR · 2,500 miles · Sacramento International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport

77
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
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

On-time by weekday
  • Mon80%(39 flights)
  • Tue82%(39 flights)
  • Wed70%(40 flights)
  • Thu82%(38 flights)
  • Fri72%(39 flights)
  • Sat78%(40 flights)
  • Sun79%(42 flights)
On-time trend by month
94%
May

Jun 80% → May 94% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202580%30
July 202545%29
August 202587%31
September 202579%29
October 202568%31
November 202576%29
December 202577%30
April 202686%29
May 202694%31

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.