Flights Sacramento → Boise
SMF → BOI
Route overview
The flight route from Sacramento to Boise operates with a high on-time performance rate of 83%, with an average delay of just 3.9 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 Boise airport which handles nearly 4.5 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 Sacramento (SMF) → Boise (BOI) route is operated by Alaska Airlines. Across 350 flights monitored in recent months, 82% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 6 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.29%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 22/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Boise the average ATFM delay is 1.9 minutes (main cause: airspace/NAS (BTS)). Departing from Sacramento the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Boise: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Sacramento (SMF) to Boise (BOI) heads north-east for about 703 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 18m.
Departures from Sacramento on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 50% of SMF-BOI flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Sacramento the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Boise it is 1.9 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)).
Across 350 tracked SMF-BOI flights, 82% left on time with an average delay of 6 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 SMF-BOI
On the Sacramento (SMF) -> Boise (BOI) route, on-time performance is 82% with an average delay of 6 minutes, based on 350 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Sacramento-Boise 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.
