Frontier Airlines SMF to LAX on-time performance
Frontier Airlines nonstop flights from Sacramento to Los Angeles · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
On-time arrivals
73%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
2.2%
5 flights
Avg arrival delay
17 min
60 min when late
Rank on route
#5 of 5
route average 85% on time
Key facts
- Frontier Airlines flights on SMF to LAX arrived on time 73% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
- 2.2% were cancelled, and 8% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #5 of 5 airlines on this route, which averaged 85% on time overall.
- The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (68%).
On-time trend by month
Why this airline's flights were late
- Late-arriving aircraft68%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)17%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion13%
- Extreme weather1%
- Security0%
Other airlines on SMF to LAX
- SkyWest Airlines90% on time · 10 min avg delay
- Southwest Airlines77% on time · 12 min avg delay
- United Airlines92% on time · 8 min avg delay
- Delta Air Lines96% on time · 1 min avg delay
Full SMF to LAX 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.