Route Reliability
Tucson → Sacramento
TUS–SMF · 751 miles · Tucson International Airport to Sacramento International Airport
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Nerd Approved
WanderNerd Reliability Score
- 87%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 7 min early
- Average arrival delay
- 0%
- Cancelled
- 63
- Flights in the data
Data through May 2026.
Southwest Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 87% of the time across 63 flights. No comparison to make.
What the data says
The 12–3 PM departure wins.
TUS–SMF flights departing between 12–3 PM arrived on time 100% of the time, versus 83% between 9 AM–12 PM.
Saturday has been the better bet.
A small edge: 93% on time on Saturdays against 89% on Sundays.
Flights on this route
The breakdown
- Mon—(3 flights)
- Tue—(3 flights)
- Wed—(1 flights)
- Thu—(0 flights)
- Fri—(3 flights)
- Sat93%(27 flights)
- Sun89%(26 flights)
- 6–9 AM—(5 flights)
- 9 AM–12 PM83%(23 flights)
- 12–3 PM100%(11 flights)
- 3–6 PM83%(24 flights)
Keep nerding
Based on 63 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.