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1,342 nonstop flights · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · US DOT on-time records, all US airlines

Leave before 9 am: 92% depart on time. After 4 pm it’s 4 in 5.

Best time to leave 9–10 am 91% arrive on time from SMF

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).

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% of this route’s flights leaving within 15 min (small number: flights in the Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 schedule): 85+75–8465–7455–64under 55
Chicago flights leaving SMF 11 pm–12 am: 2Close ×
AA 3060 SMF 23:10 ORD 05:36 4h 23m 52 94% 1.9% 243 min
UA 1148 SMF 23:43 ORD 05:54 4h 11m 149 87% 3.4% 101 min

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 987 82% 1.3% 78 min
American 355 73% 1.7% 109 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.

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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 SMF ORD 4h 10m 82% 1.3% 987 Flying now
American SMF ORD 4h 10m 73% 1.7% 355 Flying now
Flying on a particular day? Pick a date above and the same ranking uses our forecast odds for each flight that day: Tomorrow.

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