Historical on-time performance
Miami to Sacramento
2,552 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on MIA–SMF arrive on time 80% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate80%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay35 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.0%of scheduled flights
based on 153 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).
By airline
How each carrier compares
- American AirlinesOn-time80%Medianon timep9035 minCancel0.0%Flights153
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline34%
- Weather8%
- Air traffic (NAS)18%
- Late aircraft40%
- 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 MIA → SMF
All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-01 .. 2025-12).
Best time of day
On-time rates are fairly even by time of day on this route — ranging from 69% to 70% on time.
- Evenings70% on time · p90 50 min · 235 flights
- Overnights69% on time · p90 60 min · 242 flights
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 64% to 73% on time.
- Tuesdays73% on time · p90 50 min · 66 flights · limited
- Fridays72% on time · p90 40 min · 69 flights · limited
- Thursdays72% on time · p90 50 min · 68 flights · limited
- Sundays70% on time · p90 55 min · 69 flights · limited
- Saturdays70% on time · p90 75 min · 69 flights · limited
- Mondays65% on time · p90 65 min · 69 flights · limited
- Wednesdays64% on time · p90 60 min · 67 flights · limited
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