Burbank (BUR) – Sacramento (SMF)
- Distance
- 577 km
- 358 mi · 311 nm
- Flight time
- 1 h 18 min / 1 h 10 min
- Average gate to gate: BUR → SMF / back
- Time difference
- none
- CO2 per passenger
- 73 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (43 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 429,676
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −12.2%
- Flights / week
- 98
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 60%
- 715,656 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 1
- WN
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 BUR
- 331°
- Heading from SMF
- 149°
- Halfway point
- 36.46, -119.93
- Great-circle km
- 577 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air BUR → SMF
- 59 min
- In the air SMF → BUR
- 56 min
- Clocks
- Same time in both
The estimate for a route without real times is 1 h 30 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 41,281 |
| Sep 2025 | 42,892 |
| Oct 2025 | 43,472 |
| Nov 2025 | 38,657 |
| Dec 2025 | 36,708 |
| Jan 2026 | 27,354 |
| Feb 2026 | 27,994 |
| Mar 2026 | 35,678 |
| Apr 2026 | 35,133 |
| May 2026 | 36,382 |
| Jun 2026 | 33,861 |
| Jul 2026 | 30,264 |
Show as a table
| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 453 |
| Sep 2025 | 455 |
| Oct 2025 | 469 |
| Nov 2025 | 460 |
| Dec 2025 | 436 |
| Jan 2026 | 373 |
| Feb 2026 | 353 |
| Mar 2026 | 434 |
| Apr 2026 | 440 |
| May 2026 | 448 |
| Jun 2026 | 398 |
| Jul 2026 | 399 |
Airlines flying BUR–SMF nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 98 | 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 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 5,116 flights
- Boeing 737-900ER · 1 flight
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 1 flight
Also carried: 57 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 85.9%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 8 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 1.7%
- Flights counted
- 5,215
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
Delay minutes by cause: airline 20% · aircraft arriving late 70% · air traffic system 9% · weather 1% · 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
- $232
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $200
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 99% of passengers · $232
- Lowest-fare airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 99% of passengers · $232
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $184 · Q3 2025 $188 · Q4 2025 $201 · Q1 2026 $232).
U.S. DOT Consumer Airfare Report, Table 1a (airline ticket sample, US domestic airport pairs). Sources
Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)
Measured by great-circle distance: 577 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.