Historical on-time performance
Sacramento to Honolulu
2,462 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on SMF–HNL arrive on time 83% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate83%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay25 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.3%of scheduled flights
based on 674 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).
By airline
How each carrier compares
- Southwest AirlinesbestOn-time89%Medianon timep9015 minCancel0.0%Flights337
- Hawaiian AirlinesOn-time76%Medianon timep9040 minCancel0.6%Flights337
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline85%
- Weather0%
- Air traffic (NAS)1%
- Late aircraft14%
- 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 → HNL
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 — 88% on time.
- Middays88% on time · p90 15 min · 414 flights
- Mornings75% on time · p90 30 min · 1,779 flights
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 73% to 81% on time.
- Sundays81% on time · p90 25 min · 314 flights
- Thursdays80% on time · p90 25 min · 312 flights
- Tuesdays77% on time · p90 30 min · 314 flights
- Saturdays77% on time · p90 30 min · 312 flights
- Fridays76% on time · p90 35 min · 313 flights
- Mondays76% on time · p90 30 min · 315 flights
- Wednesdays73% on time · p90 45 min · 314 flights
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