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Sacramento (SMF) departure delays

Name: Sacramento (SMF) departure delays
Creator: FlightLabs

Of 2,964 sampled departures, 46.4% left 15 minutes or more behind schedule. Average lateness was 23.9 minutes. Sample window: Jan 16, 2026 to May 29, 2026.

These are historical aggregates, not live status. A departure is late at 15 minutes past schedule.

When departures are on time

Best hour to depart: 23:00–23:59, 23.0% late.
Best day of week: Wednesday, 35.4% late.

Airlines with the most late departures

Airline	Flights sampled	Late	Average lateness
Empire Airlines (EM)	22	68.2%	42.4 min
Air Transport International Inc. (8C)	61	62.3%	21.4 min
Air Canada (AC)	32	56.3%	25.8 min
Frontier Airlines, Inc. (F9)	36	55.6%	54.5 min
Southwest Airlines Co. (WN)	1,571	51.1%	25.0 min

Routes from SMF

SMF to SAN — 164 flights per week
SMF to LAX — 133 flights per week
SMF to SEA — 112 flights per week
SMF to LAS — 103 flights per week
SMF to PHX — 103 flights per week
SMF to BUR — 80 flights per week
SMF to DEN — 78 flights per week

The departures that are late right now

46.4% of this SMF sample left 15 minutes late or more. GET /flight_delays returns the ones that are late at this moment: airline, flight number, scheduled time, actual time and minutes of delay.

https://www.goflightlabs.com/flight_delays?access_key=YOUR_ACCESS_KEY&delay=15&type=departures&dep_iata=SMF

Example response

Field names match the live API. This flight only shows the shape. It is not a live result.

{ "success": true, "data": [ { "airline_iata": "AA", "flight_iata": "AA100", "flight_number": "100", "dep_iata": "SMF", "dep_time": "2024-03-15 08:00", "dep_actual": "2024-03-15 08:22", "dep_delayed": 22, "status": "active" } ] }

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