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Southwest Airlines SMF to LAS on-time performance

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

On-time arrivals
79%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
0.4%
13 flights
Avg arrival delay
12 min
53 min when late
Rank on route
#3 of 4
route average 80% on time

Key facts

  • Southwest Airlines flights on SMF to LAS arrived on time 79% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 0.4% were cancelled, and 6% 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 (55%).

On-time trend by month

60%80%100%July 2025: 74.3% on time, 0.4% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 81.9% on time, 0.0% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 78.7% on time, 1.1% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 72.2% on time, 0.0% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 77.7% on time, 0.7% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 76.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 83.1% on time, 0.4% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 85.8% on time, 0.0% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 79.7% on time, 0.3% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 80.9% on time, 0.0% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 78.8% on time, 0.3% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 76.5% on time, 1.0% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 74.8% on time, 0.7% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Late-arriving aircraft55%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)26%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion18%
  • Extreme weather1%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on SMF to LAS

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

3,444 Southwest 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.