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Flight records through . Security counts through .

When is Sacramento security busiest? 4 to 5 am, then 11 am.

Calmest around 2 pm. Choose any hour on the board.

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Friday, 4 am

1,820

people screened, 8-week average.

Which checkpoint is busiest? Central B and Terminal A, by 7 am.

Every checkpoint peaks before noon.

Security counts,

  • Central B

    7 am

    1,020 screened

  • Terminal A

    4 am

    830 screened

Which departures leave on time? Leave in the morning.

5 am: 94% left on time. 9 pm: 65%.

Flight records,

DepartsLeft on time
5 am94%
6 am94%
7 am91%
8 am90%
9 am88%
10 am83%
11 am80%
12 pm77%
1 pm74%
2 pm72%
3 pm68%
4 pm68%
5 pm70%
6 pm69%
7 pm71%
8 pm69%
9 pm65%
10 pm78%
11 pm76%

Which airline runs on time here? Delta and American lead.

Southwest flies 55% of SMF departures and landed on time 79% of the time.

Flight records,

  1. Delta 7,289 flights, 0.7% cancelled 90%
  2. American 4,750 flights, 1.5% cancelled 82%
  3. United 6,311 flights, 0.9% cancelled 81%
  4. Alaska 6,082 flights, 1.5% cancelled 80%
  5. Southwest 31,928 flights, 0.4% cancelled 79%

Not ranked, under ten flights a day: Spirit 91% of 68, Hawaiian 79% of 367, Frontier 75% of 672, JetBlue 64% of 167.

Where do SMF flights land late? San Diego, Las Vegas, Phoenix.

Lowest on-time rates of the 8 busiest.

Flight records,

ToFlightsOn time
LAX Los Angeles5,71785%
SAN San Diego5,64668%
SEA Seattle4,56982%
LAS Las Vegas4,00978%
DEN Denver3,84482%
PHX Phoenix3,61580%
BUR Burbank2,59683%
PDX Portland2,54183%

Every route from SMF

45 destinations with flights in the last twelve months.