Flights Burbank → Sacramento
BUR → SMF
Route overview
The flight route from Burbank to Sacramento has an on-time performance rate of 87%, with the average delay being just three minutes. Over the past year, this route has seen a total of 628 flights departing from Burbank Airport, which opened in 1942, connecting to Sacramento, a city that welcomes over twelve million passengers annually at its airport.
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 Burbank (BUR) → Sacramento (SMF) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 844 flights monitored in recent months, 86% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 3 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.01%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 23.6/100 (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 Burbank the average ATFM delay is 2.4 minutes.
Heading to Sacramento: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Burbank (BUR) to Sacramento (SMF) heads north-west for about 577 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 8m.
Departures from Burbank on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 47% of BUR-SMF flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Burbank the average ATFM delay is 2.4 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Sacramento it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 844 tracked BUR-SMF flights, 86% left on time with an average delay of 3 min and a 2.0% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines (WN) | 73% | 6 min | 3.1% |
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Frequently asked questions about BUR-SMF
On the Burbank (BUR) -> Sacramento (SMF) route, on-time performance is 86% with an average delay of 3 minutes, based on 844 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Burbank-Sacramento is 2.01% across 844 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: Southwest 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.
