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1,356 nonstop flights · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · US DOT on-time records, all US airlines

Leave before 9 am: 93% depart on time. After 4 pm it’s 3 in 5.

Best time to leave 6–7 am 92% arrive on time from SMF
Best single flight UA 5248 SMF 11:46 → SFO 12:53 · 57% on time Avoid UA 5961 SMF 19:03 → SFO 20:10 · 43% on time

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
San Francisco flights leaving SMF 6–7 am: 1Close ×
UA 1954 SMF 06:00 SFO 06:54 54m 71 93% 0.0% 86 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 (incl. SkyWest) 1,356 65% 1.7% 72 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.
UA 5248flown by SkyWest SMF 11:46 SFO 12:53 57%
UA 5961flown by SkyWest SMF 19:03 SFO 20:10 43%
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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 SFO 1h 04m 65% 1.7% 1,356 Flying now
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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