Flights Las Vegas → Sacramento
LAS → SMF
Route overview
The flight route from Las Vegas to Sacramento operates with a Boeing 737-300 and Boeing 737-800 aircraft, serving the busy Sacramento airport which sees over twelve million passengers annually. With seventy-two percent of flights arriving on time and an average delay of thirteen minutes, this route maintains relatively high punctuality despite occasional delays affecting some flights.
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 Las Vegas (LAS) → Sacramento (SMF) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 1363 flights monitored in recent months, 75% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 12 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.22%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 21.8/100 (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 Las Vegas the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Sacramento: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Las Vegas (LAS) to Sacramento (SMF) heads north-west for about 639 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 13m.
Departures from Las Vegas on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 43% of LAS-SMF flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Las Vegas the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Sacramento it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 1,363 tracked LAS-SMF flights, 75% left on time with an average delay of 12 min and a 0.2% 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 LAS-SMF
On the Las Vegas (LAS) -> Sacramento (SMF) route, on-time performance is 75% with an average delay of 12 minutes, based on 1363 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Las Vegas-Sacramento is 0.22% across 1363 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.
