Historical on-time performance
Sacramento to Charlotte
2,244 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on SMF–CLT arrive on time 90% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate90%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay10 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled1.3%of scheduled flights
based on 389 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).
By airline
How each carrier compares
- American AirlinesOn-time90%Medianon timep9010 minCancel1.3%Flights389
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline83%
- Weather1%
- Air traffic (NAS)6%
- Late aircraft9%
- Security0%
Most delay minutes here are attributed to Airline.
Over time
On-time trend
By season
On-time rate by month
When to fly
Best time to fly SMF → CLT
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 76% to 87% on time.
- Overnights87% on time · p90 15 min · 1,033 flights
- Mornings84% on time · p90 20 min · 101 flights · limited
- Middays76% on time · p90 25 min · 82 flights · limited
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 81% to 90% on time.
- Wednesdays90% on time · p90 10 min · 170 flights · limited
- Tuesdays90% on time · p90 5 min · 172 flights · limited
- Fridays87% on time · p90 15 min · 178 flights · limited
- Mondays86% on time · p90 20 min · 172 flights · limited
- Saturdays86% on time · p90 20 min · 170 flights · limited
- Thursdays86% on time · p90 15 min · 175 flights · limited
- Sundays81% on time · p90 35 min · 180 flights · limited
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