Route Reliability
Sacramento → Portland
SMF–PDX · 479 miles · Sacramento International Airport to Portland International Airport
- 84%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 3 min
- Average arrival delay
- 0.6%
- Cancelled
- 2,527
- Flights in the data
Data through May 2026.
Who flies it best
Ranked by on-time arrivals. Historical results, not predictions.
- 1.Alaska Airlines88%1,325 flights
- 2.Southwest Airlines81%1,202 flights
What the data says
Morning-you made the right choice.
SMF–PDX flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 96% of the time, versus 64% between 9 PM–12 AM.
Friday is doing you no favors.
SMF–PDX flights arrived on time 89% of the time on Tuesdays. On Fridays: 80%.
Alaska Airlines runs this route best.
Alaska Airlines arrived on time 88% of the time on this route; Southwest Airlines managed 81%.
Ticking up lately.
SMF–PDX flights arrived on time 89% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 83% 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
- Mon84%(389 flights)
- Tue89%(354 flights)
- Wed88%(348 flights)
- Thu82%(386 flights)
- Fri80%(387 flights)
- Sat87%(268 flights)
- Sun83%(379 flights)
- 3–6 AM96%(154 flights)
- 6–9 AM93%(614 flights)
- 9 AM–12 PM85%(119 flights)
- 12–3 PM87%(632 flights)
- 3–6 PM81%(219 flights)
- 6–9 PM76%(681 flights)
- 9 PM–12 AM64%(92 flights)
Jun 79% → May 89% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 79% | 238 |
| July 2025 | 78% | 245 |
| August 2025 | 91% | 231 |
| September 2025 | 88% | 219 |
| October 2025 | 79% | 216 |
| November 2025 | 87% | 186 |
| December 2025 | 75% | 215 |
| January 2026 | 84% | 196 |
| February 2026 | 89% | 176 |
| March 2026 | 89% | 190 |
| April 2026 | 89% | 193 |
| May 2026 | 89% | 206 |
Keep nerding
Based on 2,527 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.