Atlanta (ATL) – Sacramento (SMF)
- Distance
- 3,367 km
- 2,092 mi · 1,818 nm
- Flight time
- 4 h 57 min / 4 h 21 min
- Average gate to gate: ATL → SMF / back
- Time difference
- 3 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 423 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (250 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 308,548
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −2.4%
- Flights / week
- 38
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 86%
- 358,358 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 1
- DL
Traffic: U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service), Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Distance: WGS-84 ellipsoid. CO2: UK DESNZ 2026 factors. Sources
The way there
- Heading from ATL
- 290°
- Heading from SMF
- 88°
- Halfway point
- 37.64, -102.39
- Great-circle km
- 3,360 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air ATL → SMF
- 4 h 35 min
- In the air SMF → ATL
- 3 h 58 min
- Clocks
- Sacramento is 3 h behind Atlanta
The estimate for a route without real times is 4 h 45 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
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| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 25,261 |
| Sep 2025 | 23,745 |
| Oct 2025 | 26,990 |
| Nov 2025 | 22,476 |
| Dec 2025 | 26,877 |
| Jan 2026 | 24,290 |
| Feb 2026 | 22,866 |
| Mar 2026 | 26,444 |
| Apr 2026 | 25,665 |
| May 2026 | 27,676 |
| Jun 2026 | 28,056 |
| Jul 2026 | 28,202 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 162 |
| Sep 2025 | 153 |
| Oct 2025 | 170 |
| Nov 2025 | 150 |
| Dec 2025 | 171 |
| Jan 2026 | 168 |
| Feb 2026 | 156 |
| Mar 2026 | 168 |
| Apr 2026 | 170 |
| May 2026 | 174 |
| Jun 2026 | 172 |
| Jul 2026 | 177 |
Airlines flying ATL–SMF nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| DLDelta Air Lines | 38 | 100% |
Both directions, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Airlines with at least one flight a month. U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service). Sources
Aircraft on this route
- Boeing 737-900ER · 1,989 flights
- Boeing 757-200 · 2 flights
Also carried: 62 tonnes of freight and 149 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 87.5%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 9 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 1.3%
- Flights counted
- 2,020
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
Delay minutes by cause: airline 56% · aircraft arriving late 22% · air traffic system 17% · weather 5% · security 0%.
Both directions, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. BTS Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance (US domestic flights of the larger US airlines). Sources
What passengers paid
- Average fare, Q1 2026
- $444
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $399
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Delta Air Lines
- 67% of passengers · $510
- Lowest-fare airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 23% of passengers · $303
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $372 · Q3 2025 $385 · Q4 2025 $409 · Q1 2026 $444).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $453, likely $392–$517
The average fare paid we expect a year after Q1 2026, the newest DOT quarter. On this route, past forecasts made this way fell inside the range 95% of the time over 21 quarters (median error 2.4%). An estimate from US DOT data: not a price you can book, not a guarantee, not advice on when to buy. How the outlook works
U.S. DOT Consumer Airfare Report, Table 6 (airline ticket sample, US domestic city pairs; each city here has this one airport). Sources
Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)
Measured by great-circle distance: 3,360 km.
Neither EU261 nor UK261 covers this route: it neither starts nor ends in the EU, EEA, Switzerland or the UK. Other countries have their own rules (for example Canada's APPR or Brazil's ANAC rules).
Also owed for a cancellation with less than 14 days' notice or denied boarding. Not owed for extraordinary circumstances. On a connection, the distance to the final destination counts. From 23 October 2027 the EU's Regulation 2026/2202 applies; it keeps these amounts (what changes in 2027). Information, not legal advice.
Every airport pair between Atlanta and Sacramento
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