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Southwest Airlines PHX to SMF on-time performance

Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Phoenix to Sacramento · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

On-time arrivals
79%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
0.3%
7 flights
Avg arrival delay
11 min
48 min when late
Rank on route
#3 of 4
route average 80% on time

Key facts

  • Southwest Airlines flights on PHX to SMF arrived on time 79% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 0.3% were cancelled, and 5% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #3 of 4 airlines on this route, which averaged 80% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (58%).

On-time trend by month

50%75%100%July 2025: 71.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 82.6% on time, 0.0% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 86.2% on time, 1.4% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 78.4% on time, 0.0% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 77.3% on time, 1.5% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 84.1% on time, 0.0% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 87.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 79.8% on time, 0.0% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 81.4% on time, 0.5% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 76.3% on time, 0.5% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 75.6% on time, 0.0% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 67.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 73.0% 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

  • Late-arriving aircraft58%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)38%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion3%
  • Extreme weather0%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on PHX to SMF

Full PHX to SMF comparison →
Southwest Airlines on-time record across all routes →

2,125 Southwest Airlines flights tracked on this route; 7 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.