Flights Sacramento → Santa Ana
SMF → SNA
Route overview
The flight route from Sacramento to Santa Ana has a 79% on-time performance rate, with an average delay of 6.5 minutes when flights are not on time. Over the course of a year, this route sees approximately 550 total flights, serving one of the destination's airports which handles nearly 11.4 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) → Santa Ana (SNA) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 745 flights monitored in recent months, 80% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 6 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.54%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 24.5/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Santa Ana the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Sacramento the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Santa Ana: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Sacramento (SMF) to Santa Ana (SNA) heads south-east for about 650 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 14m.
Departures from Sacramento on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 45% of SMF-SNA flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Sacramento the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Santa Ana it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 745 tracked SMF-SNA flights, 80% left on time with an average delay of 6 min and a 0.5% cancellation rate.
Route facts
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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-SNA
On the Sacramento (SMF) -> Santa Ana (SNA) route, on-time performance is 80% with an average delay of 6 minutes, based on 745 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Sacramento-Santa Ana is 0.54% across 745 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.
