SkyWest Airlines SMF to LAX on-time performance
SkyWest Airlines nonstop flights from Sacramento to Los Angeles · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026Regional airline operating flights for United Express, Delta Connection, American Eagle and Alaska.
On-time arrivals
90%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
0.4%
14 flights
Avg arrival delay
10 min
89 min when late
Rank on route
#3 of 5
route average 85% on time
Key facts
- SkyWest Airlines flights on SMF to LAX arrived on time 90% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
- 0.4% were cancelled, and 4% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #3 of 5 airlines on this route, which averaged 85% on time overall.
- The largest source of delay minutes was airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling) (50%).
On-time trend by month
Why this airline's flights were late
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)50%
- Late-arriving aircraft26%
- Extreme weather19%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion5%
- Security0%
Other airlines on SMF to LAX
- Southwest Airlines77% on time · 12 min avg delay
- Frontier Airlines73% on time · 17 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 →
SkyWest Airlines on-time record across all routes →
3,509 SkyWest Airlines flights tracked on this route; 14 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.