Historical on-time performance
Sacramento to Newark
2,500 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on SMF–EWR arrive on time 71% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate71%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay55 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled1.5%of scheduled flights
based on 275 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).
By airline
How each carrier compares
- United AirlinesOn-time71%Medianon timep9055 minCancel1.5%Flights275
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline26%
- Weather1%
- Air traffic (NAS)11%
- Late aircraft62%
- 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 → EWR
All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-01 .. 2025-12).
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 70% to 83% on time.
- Tuesdays83% on time · p90 15 min · 133 flights · limited
- Saturdays78% on time · p90 30 min · 132 flights · limited
- Wednesdays76% on time · p90 55 min · 133 flights · limited
- Thursdays73% on time · p90 50 min · 132 flights · limited
- Sundays73% on time · p90 50 min · 135 flights · limited
- Mondays73% on time · p90 60 min · 135 flights · limited
- Fridays70% on time · p90 60 min · 132 flights · limited
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