Southwest Airlines PDX to SMF on-time performance
Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Portland to Sacramento · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
On-time arrivals
78%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
0.2%
2 flights
Avg arrival delay
12 min
51 min when late
Rank on route
#3 of 3
route average 82% on time
Key facts
- Southwest Airlines flights on PDX to SMF arrived on time 78% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
- 0.2% were cancelled, and 6% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #3 of 3 airlines on this route, which averaged 82% on time overall.
- The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (76%).
On-time trend by month
Why this airline's flights were late
- Late-arriving aircraft76%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)18%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion5%
- Security1%
- Extreme weather0%
Other airlines on PDX to SMF
- Alaska Airlines93% on time · 5 min avg delay
- SkyWest Airlines85% on time · 10 min avg delay
Full PDX to SMF comparison →
Southwest Airlines on-time record across all routes →
1,212 Southwest Airlines flights tracked on this route; 2 cancelled, 2 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.