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SkyWest Airlines LAX to SMF on-time performance

SkyWest Airlines nonstop flights from Los Angeles to Sacramento · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026Regional airline operating flights for United Express, Delta Connection, American Eagle and Alaska.

On-time arrivals
88%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
0.4%
13 flights
Avg arrival delay
10 min
78 min when late
Rank on route
#1 of 5
route average 85% on time

Key facts

  • SkyWest Airlines flights on LAX to SMF arrived on time 88% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 0.4% were cancelled, and 4% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #1 of 5 airlines on this route, which averaged 85% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling) (59%).

On-time trend by month

70%85%100%July 2025: 90.1% on time, 0.6% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 87.6% on time, 0.0% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 92.9% on time, 0.0% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 89.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 87.6% on time, 3.2% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 85.6% on time, 0.4% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 81.9% on time, 1.2% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 83.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 84.1% on time, 0.0% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 89.9% on time, 0.0% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 87.9% on time, 0.0% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 89.3% on time, 0.0% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 87.4% on time, 0.0% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)59%
  • Late-arriving aircraft21%
  • Extreme weather15%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion5%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on LAX to SMF

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

3,509 SkyWest Airlines flights tracked on this route; 13 cancelled, 3 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.