Flights Salt Lake City → Sacramento
SLC → SMF
Route overview
The flight route from Salt Lake City to Sacramento operates with an average on-time performance rate of 84%, with flights typically experiencing a mean delay of 5.4 minutes. Over the course of a year, this route sees approximately 491 total flights using either Airbus A320 or Boeing 737-800 aircraft, serving a destination airport that handles around 12,313,370 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 Salt Lake City (SLC) → Sacramento (SMF) route is operated by Delta Air Lines. Across 642 flights monitored in recent months, 82% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 8 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.09%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 18.8/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Sacramento the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Salt Lake City the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Sacramento: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Salt Lake City (SLC) to Sacramento (SMF) heads west for about 854 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 29m.
Departures from Salt Lake City on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 45% of SLC-SMF flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Salt Lake City the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Sacramento it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 642 tracked SLC-SMF flights, 82% left on time with an average delay of 8 min and a 1.1% 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 SLC-SMF
On the Salt Lake City (SLC) -> Sacramento (SMF) route, on-time performance is 82% with an average delay of 8 minutes, based on 642 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Salt Lake City-Sacramento is 1.09% across 642 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: Delta Air Lines.
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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.
