Flights Sacramento → Salt Lake City
SMF → SLC
Route overview
The flight route from Sacramento to Salt Lake City operates with an average on-time performance of 87%, with flights typically experiencing a mean delay of only 3.2 minutes. Over the course of a year, this route sees approximately 491 flights using either Airbus A320 or Boeing 737-800 aircraft, serving a destination airport that handles nearly 25.8 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) → Salt Lake City (SLC) route is operated by Delta Air Lines. Across 642 flights monitored in recent months, 85% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 6 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.93%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 24.1/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Salt Lake City the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Sacramento the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Salt Lake City: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Sacramento (SMF) to Salt Lake City (SLC) heads east for about 854 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 29m.
Departures from Sacramento on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 40% of SMF-SLC flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Sacramento the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Salt Lake City it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 642 tracked SMF-SLC flights, 85% left on time with an average delay of 6 min and a 0.9% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines (DL) | 80% | 8 min | 1.8% |
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Frequently asked questions about SMF-SLC
On the Sacramento (SMF) -> Salt Lake City (SLC) route, on-time performance is 85% with an average delay of 6 minutes, based on 642 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Sacramento-Salt Lake City is 0.93% across 642 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: Delta Air Lines.
Enter your flight number on FlightGuard for a real-time analysis based on 9 factors: weather at Salt Lake City, 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.
