Historical on-time performance
Sacramento to Dallas
1,442 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on SMF–DAL arrive on time 75% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate75%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay35 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled1.1%of scheduled flights
based on 665 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).
By airline
How each carrier compares
- Southwest AirlinesOn-time75%Medianon timep9035 minCancel1.1%Flights665
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline25%
- Weather1%
- Air traffic (NAS)17%
- Late aircraft57%
- 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 SMF → DAL
All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-01 .. 2025-12).
Best time of day
Mornings are the most reliable time of day to fly this route — 93% on time.
- Mornings93% on time · p90 10 min · 857 flights
- Middays71% on time · p90 30 min · 351 flights
- Afternoons59% on time · p90 60 min · 420 flights
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 76% to 82% on time.
- Saturdays82% on time · p90 20 min · 249 flights
- Tuesdays82% on time · p90 25 min · 223 flights
- Wednesdays80% on time · p90 30 min · 222 flights
- Fridays78% on time · p90 30 min · 242 flights
- Mondays77% on time · p90 30 min · 243 flights
- Thursdays77% on time · p90 30 min · 240 flights
- Sundays76% on time · p90 30 min · 256 flights
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