Historical on-time performance
Kansas City to Sacramento
1,442 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on MCI–SMF arrive on time 67% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate67%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay45 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.0%of scheduled flights
based on 151 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).
By airline
How each carrier compares
- Southwest AirlinesOn-time67%Median5 minp9045 minCancel0.0%Flights151
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline29%
- Weather0%
- Air traffic (NAS)8%
- Late aircraft63%
- Security0%
Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.
Over time
On-time trend
By season
On-time rate by month
When to fly
Best time to fly MCI → SMF
All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-01 .. 2025-12).
Best time of day
Middays are the most reliable time of day to fly this route — 79% on time.
- Middays79% on time · p90 25 min · 242 flights
- Afternoons57% on time · p90 60 min · 94 flights · limited
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 65% to 74% on time.
- Thursdays74% on time · p90 30 min · 53 flights · limited
- Sundays73% on time · p90 35 min · 63 flights · limited
- Fridays70% on time · p90 40 min · 57 flights · limited
- Mondays65% on time · p90 40 min · 54 flights · limited
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