Flights Sacramento → Kahului
SMF → OGG
Route overview
This flight route operates between Sacramento and Kahului, with a high on-time performance rate of 92%. Over the course of the year, there have been 105 flights using Boeing 737 aircraft, with an average delay of just 4.6 minutes. The destination airport in Kahului serves over seven million passengers annually, indicating significant traffic and demand for this route.
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) → Kahului (OGG) route is operated by American Airlines, Alaska Airlines. Across 138 flights monitored in recent months, 91% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 4 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.17%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 17.2/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Kahului the average ATFM delay is 1.1 minutes (main cause: airspace/NAS (BTS)). Departing from Sacramento the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Kahului: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Sacramento (SMF) to Kahului (OGG) heads west for about 3,866 km, a flight time of roughly 5h 15m.
Departures from Sacramento on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 100% of SMF-OGG flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Sacramento the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Kahului it is 1.1 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)).
Across 138 tracked SMF-OGG flights, 91% left on time with an average delay of 4 min and a 2.2% 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% |
| Alaska Airlines (AS) | 67% | 10 min | 11.9% |
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Frequently asked questions about SMF-OGG
On the Sacramento (SMF) -> Kahului (OGG) route, on-time performance is 91% with an average delay of 4 minutes, based on 138 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Sacramento-Kahului is 2.17% across 138 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 2 airlines: American Airlines, Alaska Airlines.
Enter your flight number on FlightGuard for a real-time analysis based on 9 factors: weather at Kahului, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel, airline punctuality and recent trends.
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.
