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Route Reliability

Sacramento → Kailua-Kona

SMF–KOA · 2,435 miles · Sacramento International Airport to Ellison Onizuka Kona International Airport

95
Nerd Approved
WanderNerd Reliability Score
90%
Arrive within 15 minutes
5 min early
Average arrival delay
0.2%
Cancelled
521
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Airlines on this route

  • Southwest Airlines90% on time · 365 flights
  • Hawaiian Airlines90% on time · 92 flights
  • Alaska Airlines87% on time · 64 flights

Too little history on this route to call a winner. We rank airlines only after 100 flights each.

What the data says

Departure time hasn't mattered much.

On-time rates stay between 89% and 90% across the day.

Saturday is the weak spot.

SMF–KOA flights arrived on time 93% of the time on Mondays. On Saturdays: 86%.

It basically never cancels.

Out of 521 scheduled flights, only 0.2% were cancelled.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon93%(102 flights)
  • Tue89%(52 flights)
  • Wed92%(104 flights)
  • Thu86%(51 flights)
  • Fri89%(52 flights)
  • Sat86%(104 flights)
  • Sun91%(53 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM89%(149 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM90%(369 flights)
On-time trend by month
96%
May

Jun 98% → May 96% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202598%43
July 202589%44
August 202591%44
September 202588%43
October 202593%42
November 202591%43
December 202591%45
January 202684%44
February 202685%40
March 202698%43
April 202672%43
May 202696%44

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Based on 521 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.