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Route Reliability

Sacramento → SBA

SMF–SBA · 310 miles · Sacramento International Airport to SBA Airport

90
Nerd Approved
WanderNerd Reliability Score
88%
Arrive within 15 minutes
3 min early
Average arrival delay
1.1%
Cancelled
366
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Southwest Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 88% of the time across 366 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

SMF–SBA flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 95% of the time, versus 77% between 3–6 PM.

Skip Saturday if you can.

SMF–SBA flights arrived on time 96% of the time on Wednesdays. On Saturdays: 84%.

Trending in the right direction.

SMF–SBA flights arrived on time 97% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 85% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon89%(52 flights)
  • Tue84%(51 flights)
  • Wed96%(50 flights)
  • Thu90%(52 flights)
  • Fri84%(51 flights)
  • Sat84%(51 flights)
  • Sun89%(53 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM95%(110 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM83%(140 flights)
  • 12–3 PM93%(80 flights)
  • 3–6 PM77%(30 flights)
On-time trend by month
100%
May

Jun 87% → May 100% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202587%30
July 202586%29
August 202590%31
September 202593%30
October 202581%31
November 202574%31
December 202583%29
January 202680%30
February 202693%28
March 202690%30
April 2026100%30
May 2026100%31

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Based on 366 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.