Southwest Airlines SMF to PHX on-time performance
Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Sacramento to Phoenix · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
On-time arrivals
79%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
0.5%
11 flights
Avg arrival delay
11 min
48 min when late
Rank on route
#3 of 4
route average 81% on time
Key facts
- Southwest Airlines flights on SMF to PHX arrived on time 79% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
- 0.5% were cancelled, and 5% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #3 of 4 airlines on this route, which averaged 81% on time overall.
- The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (57%).
On-time trend by month
Why this airline's flights were late
- Late-arriving aircraft57%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)29%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion13%
- Security1%
- Extreme weather0%
Other airlines on SMF to PHX
- American Airlines87% on time · 14 min avg delay
- SkyWest Airlines78% on time · 15 min avg delay
- Envoy Air83% on time · 11 min avg delay
Full SMF to PHX comparison →
Southwest Airlines on-time record across all routes →
2,135 Southwest Airlines flights tracked on this route; 11 cancelled, 5 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.