SMF to BUR flight delays
SMF BUR Sacramento to Hollywood Burbank/Bob Hope · 358 miles
8,286 flights were scheduled from SMF to BUR over July 2023 through June 2026. Of the 8,139 that made the trip, 84.9% reached the gate less than 15 minutes behind schedule. These are arrival figures: “on time” means the flight reached the gate less than 15 minutes behind schedule. Arrivals are what decide whether you make the connection, so route and airline pages are scored on them rather than on pushback.
Data through June 2026 · Bureau of Transportation Statistics
The route in brief
- Flights in the window
- 8,286
- Arrived on time
- 84.9%
- Cancelled
- 1.4%
- Scheduled distance
- 358 miles
Cancellations are counted against everything scheduled. Diverted flights are counted with them rather than as very late arrivals, which is why the on-time share and the cancellation rate do not add up to everything that happened.
Airline by airline
Airlines with at least 100 flights on SMF–BUR, busiest first. Same route, same weather, same air traffic — which makes this the fairest comparison on the site.
| Airline | Arrived on time | Typical delay | Cancelled | Flights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines | 85.1% | 53 min | 1.4% | 8,167 |
| Spirit Airlines | 76.1% | — | 1.7% | 119 |
Spirit Airlines (through May 2026) stopped filing before June 2026. Its row covers a shorter run of months than the rest of the table, so its figure is not set against the others anywhere on this page.
A dash under typical delay means fewer than 30 of that airline’s flights arrived 15 minutes late or more — too few to average.
Month by month
December was the month to avoid on SMF–BUR: 81% of flights arrived on time, against 89% in February. Each bar pools three years of that calendar month.
| Month | Share flights that arrived on time | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| January | 87.8% | 607 |
| February | 89% | 578 |
| March | 86.7% | 689 |
| April | 85.2% | 683 |
| May | 81.6% | 693 |
| June | 85.5% | 664 |
| July | 84.4% | 719 |
| August | 86.1% | 715 |
| September | 84.5% | 749 |
| October | 83.5% | 768 |
| November | 85.2% | 717 |
| December | 81% | 704 |
Both ends of the route
A route’s record is built out of two airports’ habits. The hour-by-hour grid for each is on its own page.
SMF to BUR in one number
SMF → BUR
When a flight on this route was late, it was late by about 53 min.
Questions about SMF to BUR
- How often do SMF to BUR flights arrive on time?
- 84.9% of the time, across the 8,139 flights that actually made the trip, July 2023 through June 2026. The airlines here did not all file through June 2026, so their figures cover different runs of months and cannot be set against each other.
- What is the worst month to fly SMF to BUR?
- December, at 81% of arrivals on time, with 704 flights scheduled. February was the best of the year at 89%.
- How late are SMF–BUR flights when they are late?
- 53 min on average, counting only the flights that arrived 15 minutes or more behind schedule. The on-time flights are left out of that average on purpose — mixing them in would flatter it.
- How often is the SMF to BUR flight cancelled?
- 1.4% of scheduled flights on this route were cancelled, July 2023 through June 2026. Diverted flights are counted with the cancellations rather than as late arrivals.
- Are these departure or arrival numbers?
- Arrival. A flight counts as on time here if it reached the gate at BUR less than 15 minutes behind schedule. Airport pages score departures instead, because that is the number you can act on when you pick a booking time.