Flights Charlotte → Sacramento
CLT → SMF
Route overview
The flight route from Charlotte to Sacramento operates with an average on-time performance of 80%, experiencing a mean delay of 13.1 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, this route sees approximately 89 flights using Airbus A321 aircraft, serving a destination airport that handles nearly 12.3 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 Charlotte (CLT) → Sacramento (SMF) route is operated by American Airlines. Across 120 flights monitored in recent months, 74% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 24 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.00%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 20.8/100 (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 Charlotte the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Sacramento: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Charlotte (CLT) to Sacramento (SMF) heads west for about 3,603 km, a flight time of roughly 4h 55m.
Departures from Charlotte on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 100% of CLT-SMF flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Charlotte the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Sacramento it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 120 tracked CLT-SMF flights, 74% left on time with an average delay of 24 min and a 0.0% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines (AA) | 74% | 16 min | 3.0% |
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Frequently asked questions about CLT-SMF
On the Charlotte (CLT) -> Sacramento (SMF) route, on-time performance is 74% with an average delay of 24 minutes, based on 120 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Charlotte-Sacramento is 0.00% across 120 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: American 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.
