Flights Boise → Sacramento
BOI → SMF
Route overview
The flight route from Boise to Sacramento operates with a high on-time performance rate of 86%, with an average delay of only 5.8 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, this route sees 286 flights using the De Havilland Canada DHC-8-400 Dash 8Q aircraft, serving the busy Sacramento airport which handles over twelve million passengers annually.
Your rights on this US flight (DOT)
US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under the US DOT rules, if your flight is cancelled or significantly changed and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Amenities for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
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The Boise (BOI) → Sacramento (SMF) route is operated by Alaska Airlines. Across 350 flights monitored in recent months, 83% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 8 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.29%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 17.5/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Sacramento the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Boise the average ATFM delay is 1.9 minutes.
Heading to Sacramento: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Boise (BOI) to Sacramento (SMF) heads south-west for about 703 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 18m.
Departures from Boise on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 60% of BOI-SMF flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Boise the average ATFM delay is 1.9 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Sacramento it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 350 tracked BOI-SMF flights, 83% left on time with an average delay of 8 min and a 0.3% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska Airlines (AS) | 67% | 10 min | 11.9% |
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Frequently asked questions about BOI-SMF
On the Boise (BOI) -> Sacramento (SMF) route, on-time performance is 83% with an average delay of 8 minutes, based on 350 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Boise-Sacramento is 0.29% across 350 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: Alaska Airlines.
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US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under US DOT rules, if the airline cancels or significantly changes your flight and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Meals or hotels for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
