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Route Reliability

Santa Ana → Sacramento

SNA–SMF · 404 miles · John Wayne Airport to Sacramento International Airport

90
Nerd Approved
WanderNerd Reliability Score
86%
Arrive within 15 minutes
1 min
Average arrival delay
0.9%
Cancelled
2,319
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Southwest Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 86% of the time across 2,319 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

SNA–SMF flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 96% of the time, versus 76% between 3–6 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

SNA–SMF flights arrived on time 92% of the time on Saturdays. On Sundays: 79%.

Slipping a little lately.

SNA–SMF flights arrived on time 86% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 90% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon88%(368 flights)
  • Tue88%(308 flights)
  • Wed90%(313 flights)
  • Thu83%(369 flights)
  • Fri85%(364 flights)
  • Sat92%(203 flights)
  • Sun79%(372 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM96%(439 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM91%(393 flights)
  • 12–3 PM87%(488 flights)
  • 3–6 PM76%(411 flights)
  • 6–9 PM81%(550 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM88%(16 flights)
On-time trend by month
85%
May

Jun 80% → May 85% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202580%202
July 202580%203
August 202591%208
September 202583%204
October 202586%184
November 202584%192
December 202588%194
January 202691%174
February 202691%166
March 202691%189
April 202681%189
May 202685%192

Same trip, other airports

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Based on 2,319 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.