Itineraries flown on 20+ days in the Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 schedule · each leg’s record Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

Take the nonstop: Southwest PSP → SMF (1h 35m) reaches Sacramento on time 84% of the time; the most reliable connection, Southwest via Las Vegas (4h 10m), 68%.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Southwest	PSP	SMF	1h 35m	84%	0.6%	522	Flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Sacramento on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included. Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


United + Deltatwo ticketsDetails →	PSP 07:26 → LAX 08:30UA 5542 · flown by SkyWest	3h 35m Los Angeles	LAX 12:05 → SMF 13:32DL 3812 · flown by SkyWest	6h 07m	100%	89%
Delta Details →	PSP 17:10 → SLC 19:59DL 3852 · flown by SkyWest	3h 05m Salt Lake City	SLC 23:04 → SMF 23:44DL 1582	6h 38m	99%	88%
Delta Details →	PSP 06:09 → SLC 08:55DL 4030 · flown by SkyWest	2h 40m Salt Lake City	SLC 11:35 → SMF 12:16DL 1423	6h 12m	99%	85%
Alaska Details →	PSP 07:16 → PDX 09:48AS 3370 · flown by SkyWest	1h 12m Portland	PDX 11:00 → SMF 12:33AS 2399 · flown by Horizon	5h 17m	94%	83%
Delta Details →	PSP 12:23 → SLC 15:11DL 4042 · flown by SkyWest	2h 24m Salt Lake City	SLC 17:35 → SMF 18:16DL 2585	5h 53m	97%	78%
American + Southwesttwo ticketsDetails →	PSP 06:32 → PHX 07:52AA 6406 · flown by SkyWest	1h 43m Phoenix	PHX 09:35 → SMF 11:30WN 781	4h 58m	84%	74%
Southwest Details →	PSP 05:32 → DEN 08:40WN 4803	1h 40m Denver	DEN 10:20 → SMF 11:55WN 1740	6h 23m	100%	74%
Alaska Details →	PSP 14:10 → SEA 17:00AS 582	2h 23m Seattle	SEA 19:23 → SMF 21:16AS 638	7h 06m	100%	73%
Tight connection: often missed
United Details →	PSP 14:37 → SFO 16:18UA 5946 · flown by SkyWest	50m San Francisco	SFO 17:08 → SMF 18:16UA 5796 · flown by SkyWest	3h 39m	15%	12%

Same layover, different day-part

How often the first flight arrives too late to connect (45 min minimum), for one-ticket layovers of 45–80 minutes.

Morning

SEA · 1h 15m · leaves 07:44 6%

PDX · 1h 12m · leaves 07:16 6%

LAX · 50m · leaves 07:26 25%

Afternoon and evening

SFO · 50m · leaves 14:37 85%

Delays build through the day, so an afternoon first leg eats the layover. A short connection is fine early in the morning and a gamble later on.

Mixing airlines

One ticketMiss it and the airline rebooks you; bags go through. 45 min is enough.

Separate ticketsMiss it and you buy a new ticket. Re-check bags, clear security again: we require 90 min.

The table above includes two-ticket connections (marked “two tickets”), held to the 90-minute minimum. One ticket only →

Regional partners count as the airline that sells them: SkyWest flying Delta Connection is one Delta ticket.

How these are worked out. Makes the connection: share of the last year’s flights where the first flight arrived with at least 45 minutes to spare (90 on separate tickets). Arrives on time: first flight not cancelled × connection made × second flight not cancelled and arriving within 15 minutes. Not yet counted: the second flight also leaving late (which helps), gate-to-gate distance at the hub, and rebooking after a missed connection.

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