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

No clear winner: airlines and hours on this route all land within a few points of 88% on time.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


Southwest	SMF	OGG	5h 25m	92%	0.0%	116	Flying now
Alaska	SMF	OGG	5h 26m	87%	1.9%	212	Flying now
Hawaiian	SMF	OGG	5h 37m	87%	1.3%	153	Not flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Kahului on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Kahului is 3 h behind Sacramento). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


Alaska + Southwesttwo ticketsDetails →	SMF 07:37 → KOA 10:00AS 965	3h 55m Kailua/Kona	KOA 13:55 → OGG 14:40WN 2172	10h 03m	100%	98%
Southwest Details →	SMF 06:15 → LAS 07:40WN 2178	1h 40m Las Vegas	LAS 09:20 → OGG 12:35WN 1457	9h 20m	100%	97%
Southwest Details →	SMF 08:30 → HNL 11:00WN 3781	3h 00m Honolulu	HNL 14:00 → OGG 14:50WN 1931	9h 20m	98%	97%
Delta + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	SMF 06:00 → LAX 07:40DL 3969 · flown by SkyWest	3h 17m Los Angeles	LAX 10:57 → OGG 13:43UA 765	10h 43m	98%	93%
United + Alaskatwo ticketsDetails →	SMF 06:00 → SFO 06:54UA 1954	2h 29m San Francisco	SFO 09:23 → OGG 11:47AS 979	8h 47m	96%	88%
Southwest + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	SMF 05:55 → DEN 09:15WN 3773	2h 45m Denver	DEN 12:00 → OGG 15:05UA 1736	12h 10m	100%	87%
United Details →	SMF 11:46 → SFO 12:53UA 5248 · flown by SkyWest	3h 47m San Francisco	SFO 16:40 → OGG 19:17UA 1749	10h 31m	99%	86%
Southwest + Americantwo ticketsDetails →	SMF 05:10 → PHX 07:05WN 3815	3h 58m Phoenix	PHX 11:03 → OGG 14:32AA 645	12h 22m	98%	85%
Tight connection: often missed
United Details →	SMF 11:46 → SFO 12:53UA 5248 · flown by SkyWest	1h 12m San Francisco	SFO 14:05 → OGG 16:36UA 2623	7h 50m	69%	58%
Alaska Details →	SMF 07:45 → HNL 10:27AS 819	57m Honolulu	HNL 11:24 → OGG 12:07AS 1086	7h 22m	73%	55%
Alaska Details →	SMF 08:36 → SAN 10:20AS 3015 · flown by SkyWest	47m San Diego	SAN 11:07 → OGG 14:12AS 254	8h 36m	45%	35%

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

HNL · 1h 20m · leaves 08:30 4%

LAX · 50m · leaves 06:00 7%

LAS · 50m · leaves 07:05 10%

Afternoon and evening

LAX · 1h 03m · leaves 14:15 8%

PDX · 1h 18m · leaves 14:55 12%

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