The best bet has a stop: United via Bush (9h 07m) reaches Sacramento on time 9 times in 10, against 69% on the nonstop.
Time of day × airport
Share of this route’s flights leaving within 15 minutes, by airport and scheduled departure hour, over Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Blank: no flights then (or fewer than 40 in the year).
Pick an hour to see this route’s flights leaving then.
Airlines on this route
Arriving within 15 minutes. Regional flights count under the airline that sells them. Pick an airline to see its flights.
| United | 283 | 70% | 2.1% | 73 min |
Flights, best and worst
Flights in the Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 schedule that ran 150+ times in the year. Times are local. Pick a flight for its history.
No flight on this route ran 150+ times in the year.
All 1 flights on this route →Nonstops by airline and airport
Arriving within 15 minutes, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Pick a row to see that airline’s flights on that airport pair.
| United | EWR | SMF | 6h 16m | 70% | 2.1% | 283 | Flying now |
Alternatives with one stop
All connections →| UnitedDetails → | EWR 06:00 → IAH 08:41UA 492 | 1h 19m Houston | IAH 10:00 → SMF 12:07UA 2773 | 9h 07m | 98% | 91% |
| DeltaDetails → | EWR 06:15 → MSP 08:13DL 1641 | 2h 10m Minneapolis | MSP 10:23 → SMF 12:11DL 1701 | 8h 56m | 94% | 84% |
| AlaskaDetails → | EWR 06:30 → PDX 09:33AS 1630 | 1h 27m Portland | PDX 11:00 → SMF 12:33AS 2399 · flown by Horizon | 9h 03m | 93% | 83% |
About this data: US DOT on-time records, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, all US airlines; regional flights count under the airline that sells them. Schedules (which flights and connections exist, and their times) are as of Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026; seasonal flights outside that window aren’t ranked. Rebuilt monthly. JSON