Flights Santa Ana → Sacramento
SNA → SMF
Route overview
The flight route from Santa Ana to Sacramento has an on-time performance rate of 83%, with flights typically experiencing a mean delay of 6.5 minutes. Over the course of a year, this route sees around 550 flights, serving a significant portion of the nearly twelve million annual passengers at the destination airport.
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 Santa Ana (SNA) → Sacramento (SMF) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 745 flights monitored in recent months, 83% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 7 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.94%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 23.9/100 (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 Santa Ana the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Sacramento: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Santa Ana (SNA) to Sacramento (SMF) heads north-west for about 650 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 14m.
Departures from Santa Ana on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 44% of SNA-SMF flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Santa Ana the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Sacramento it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 745 tracked SNA-SMF flights, 83% left on time with an average delay of 7 min and a 0.9% 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 SNA-SMF
On the Santa Ana (SNA) -> Sacramento (SMF) route, on-time performance is 83% with an average delay of 7 minutes, based on 745 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Santa Ana-Sacramento is 0.94% 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.
