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Frontier Airlines LAX to SMF on-time performance

Frontier Airlines nonstop flights from Los Angeles to Sacramento · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

On-time arrivals
83%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
2.2%
5 flights
Avg arrival delay
10 min
52 min when late
Rank on route
#3 of 5
route average 85% on time

Key facts

  • Frontier Airlines flights on LAX to SMF arrived on time 83% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 2.2% were cancelled, and 4% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #3 of 5 airlines on this route, which averaged 85% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (60%).

On-time trend by month

60%80%100%July 2025: 100.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 77.8% on time, 0.0% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 87.5% on time, 0.0% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 80.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 79.2% on time, 0.0% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 94.4% on time, 5.3% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 81.3% on time, 5.9% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 91.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 70.6% on time, 0.0% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 94.4% on time, 5.3% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 83.3% on time, 0.0% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 75.9% on time, 3.3% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 83.3% on time, 3.2% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Late-arriving aircraft60%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)22%
  • Extreme weather11%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion7%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on LAX to SMF

Full LAX to SMF comparison →
Frontier Airlines on-time record across all routes →

226 Frontier Airlines flights tracked on this route; 5 cancelled, 0 diverted.

Data: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 (12 months). Latest month published by BTS: July 2026. How we calculate this.