Flights Sacramento → Las Vegas
SMF → LAS
Route overview
The flight route from Sacramento to Las Vegas operates with a high frequency of 907 flights, using Boeing 737-300 and Boeing 737-800 aircraft. With an on-time performance rate of 76%, the average delay is approximately 12.6 minutes, serving one of the busiest destination airports in the United States with over 52 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) → Las Vegas (LAS) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 1368 flights monitored in recent months, 77% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 12 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.51%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 23.1/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Las Vegas the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Sacramento the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Las Vegas: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Sacramento (SMF) to Las Vegas (LAS) heads south-east for about 639 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 13m.
Departures from Sacramento on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 40% of SMF-LAS flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Sacramento the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Las Vegas it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 1,368 tracked SMF-LAS flights, 77% left on time with an average delay of 12 min and a 0.5% 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 SMF-LAS
On the Sacramento (SMF) -> Las Vegas (LAS) route, on-time performance is 77% with an average delay of 12 minutes, based on 1368 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Sacramento-Las Vegas is 0.51% across 1368 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.
