Flights Sacramento → Long Beach
SMF → LGB
Route overview
The flight route from Sacramento to Long Beach operates with an average on-time performance of 80%, experiencing a mean delay of 7.1 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, this route sees 446 flights using Airbus A320 aircraft, serving a destination airport that handles approximately 3,242,831 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) → Long Beach (LGB) route is operated by JetBlue Airways. Across 612 flights monitored in recent months, 82% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 7 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.65%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 19/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Long Beach the average ATFM delay is 1.0 minutes (main cause: airspace/NAS (BTS)). Departing from Sacramento the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Long Beach: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Sacramento (SMF) to Long Beach (LGB) heads south-east for about 624 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 12m.
Departures from Sacramento on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 48% of SMF-LGB flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Sacramento the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Long Beach it is 1.0 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)).
Across 612 tracked SMF-LGB flights, 82% left on time with an average delay of 7 min and a 0.7% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| JetBlue Airways (B6) | 72% | 14 min | 1.7% |
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Frequently asked questions about SMF-LGB
On the Sacramento (SMF) -> Long Beach (LGB) route, on-time performance is 82% with an average delay of 7 minutes, based on 612 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Sacramento-Long Beach is 0.65% across 612 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: JetBlue Airways.
Enter your flight number on FlightGuard for a real-time analysis based on 9 factors: weather at Long Beach, 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.
