Where is SMF airport?

SMF is a large airport in Sacramento, California, United States, at 38.6954, -121.5910, 8 m above sea level.

What time zone is SMF in?

SMF is in the America/Los_Angeles time zone, UTC−8 / UTC−7 (winter / summer).

How many passengers use SMF?

13,445,120 passengers in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, according to the US Bureau of Transportation Statistics (scheduled flights).

Sacramento International Airport opened in 1967.

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Large airport in Sacramento, United States.

IATA code: SMF
ICAO code: KSMF
Size: large; OurAirports class
Passengers: 13,445,120; Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
Nonstop routes: 91; With open traffic data
Time zone: UTC−8 / UTC−7; America/Los_Angeles
Elevation: 8 m; 26 ft
Runways: 2; Longest 2,623 m

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About SMF

Sacramento International Airport is a large airport serving Sacramento, United States. It opened in 1967. 13,445,120 passengers used it in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Open traffic data shows 91 nonstop routes from SMF.

Wikidata (CC0) · US BTS T-100. Sources

Busiest nonstop routes from SMF

Route	To	Distance	Passengers / year
SMF → SAN	San Diego, United States	772 km	1,165,042
SMF → DEN	Denver, United States	1,463 km	1,071,397
SMF → LAS	Las Vegas, United States	639 km	1,004,796
SMF → LAX	Los Angeles, United States	600 km	872,875
SMF → SEA	Seattle, United States	974 km	865,737
SMF → PHX	Phoenix, United States	1,041 km	838,950
SMF → DFW	Dallas-Fort Worth, United States	2,303 km	528,003
SMF → PDX	Portland, United States	770 km	491,495
SMF → SNA	Santa Ana, United States	650 km	435,536
SMF → SLC	Salt Lake City, United States	855 km	435,476
SMF → BUR	Burbank, United States	577 km	429,676
SMF → LGB	Long Beach, United States	623 km	410,366
SMF → ONT	Ontario, California, United States	627 km	394,851
SMF → ORD	Chicago, United States	2,867 km	380,798
SMF → ATL	Atlanta, United States	3,367 km	308,548
SMF → HNL	Honolulu, United States	3,963 km	297,055
SMF → GDL	Guadalajara, Mexico	2,671 km	280,508
SMF → BOI	Boise, United States	704 km	238,444
SMF → MDW	Chicago, United States	2,881 km	195,118
SMF → IAH	Houston, United States	2,590 km	192,354
SMF → DAL	Dallas, United States	2,322 km	184,207
SMF → MSP	Saint Paul, United States	2,442 km	164,151
SMF → OGG	Kahului, United States	3,869 km	156,532
SMF → KOA	Kailua-Kona, United States	3,919 km	154,883
SMF → CLT	Charlotte, United States	3,611 km	141,031
SMF → SFO	San Francisco, United States	138 km	139,076
SMF → GEG	Spokane, United States	1,045 km	128,507
SMF → AUS	Austin, United States	2,383 km	110,846
SMF → IAD	Washington, United States	3,795 km	108,859
SMF → BNA	Nashville, United States	3,085 km	102,745
SMF → PSP	Palm Springs, United States	707 km	101,313
SMF → HOU	Houston, United States	2,614 km	100,649
SMF → STL	St. Louis, United States	2,702 km	98,967
SMF → BWI	Washington, United States	3,855 km	95,968
SMF → MCO	Orlando, United States	3,875 km	95,640
SMF → EWR	New York, United States	4,024 km	82,811
SMF → EUG	Eugene, United States	618 km	65,075
SMF → SBA	Santa Barbara, United States	499 km	64,750
SMF → SJD	San José del Cabo, Mexico	2,059 km	63,219
SMF → LIH	Līhuʻe, United States	4,037 km	61,051

Passengers on the route, both directions, over the period of each source: US DOT / BTS T-100 (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026) for routes touching the US, Eurostat (2024) for routes reported by European airports. Routes outside these are not counted.

Airlines at SMF

WN Southwest Airlines · 64,192 flights
OO SkyWest Airlines · 17,777 flights
UA United Air Lines · 8,728 flights
AA American Airlines · 6,819 flights
DL Delta Air Lines · 6,719 flights
AS Alaska Airlines · 5,297 flights
QX Horizon Air · 2,996 flights
Y4 Concesionaria Vuela Compania De Aviacion SA de CV (Volaris) · 2,143 flights
F9 Frontier Airlines · 1,259 flights
HA Hawaiian Airlines · 912 flights
QK Jazz Aviation LP · 747 flights
AM Aeromexico · 443 flights
B6 JetBlue Airways · 388 flights
MQ Envoy Air · 288 flights
NK Spirit Air Lines · 256 flights
AC Air Canada · 101 flights

Departures and arrivals on scheduled passenger flights, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment. Sources

Punctuality

Departures on time: 80.6%; Within 15 minutes of schedule
Cancelled: 0.7%
Departures counted: 56,306; US domestic flights

US domestic flights of the larger US airlines, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. BTS Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance. Sources

Airports within 150 km

Code	Airport	Serves	Distance
CCR	Buchanan Field	Concord, United States	88 km
SCK	Stockton Metropolitan Airport	Stockton, United States	94 km
STS	Charles M. Schulz Sonoma County Airport	Santa Rosa, United States	108 km
OAK	Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport	Oakland, United States	122 km
SFO	San Francisco International Airport	San Francisco, United States	138 km
TKF	Truckee Tahoe Airport	Truckee, United States	143 km
SQL	San Carlos Airport	San Carlos, United States	144 km

Distance from SMF to the major hubs

Route	To	Distance	Passengers / year
SMF → LHR	London, United Kingdom	8,501 km	—
SMF → DXB	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	12,918 km	—
SMF → CDG	Paris, France	8,848 km	—
SMF → FRA	Frankfurt, Germany	9,034 km	—
SMF → IST	Istanbul, Turkey	10,653 km	—
SMF → AMS	Amsterdam, Netherlands	8,670 km	—
SMF → JFK	New York, United States	4,057 km	—
SMF → ATL	Atlanta, United States	3,367 km	308,548
SMF → LAX	Los Angeles, United States	600 km	872,875
SMF → SIN	Singapore, Singapore	13,588 km	—
SMF → HND	Tokyo, Japan	8,296 km	—
SMF → DOH	Doha, Qatar	12,888 km	—

Runways

Runway	Length	Width	Surface	Lights
17L/35R	2,623 m	46 m	Concrete	Yes
17R/35L	2,621 m	46 m	Concrete	Yes

OurAirports (public domain). Sources

Location

Sacramento, California, United States · 38.6954, -121.5910

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Questions

Sacramento International Airport has the IATA code SMF and the ICAO code KSMF. Airlines and tickets use the three-letter IATA code; pilots and air traffic control use the four-letter ICAO code.

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