Los Angeles (LAX) – Sacramento (SMF)
- Distance
- 600 km
- 373 mi · 324 nm
- Flight time
- 1 h 24 min / 1 h 32 min
- Average gate to gate: LAX → SMF / back
- Time difference
- none
- CO2 per passenger
- 76 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (45 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 872,875
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · +1.5%
- Flights / week
- 216
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 73%
- 1,191,562 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 5
- OO, WN, F9
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 LAX
- 332°
- Heading from SMF
- 151°
- Halfway point
- 36.33, -119.95
- Great-circle km
- 600 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air LAX → SMF
- 1 h 3 min
- In the air SMF → LAX
- 1 h 3 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 | 67,595 |
| Sep 2025 | 68,579 |
| Oct 2025 | 80,864 |
| Nov 2025 | 69,526 |
| Dec 2025 | 67,804 |
| Jan 2026 | 59,473 |
| Feb 2026 | 60,939 |
| Mar 2026 | 74,161 |
| Apr 2026 | 75,443 |
| May 2026 | 89,062 |
| Jun 2026 | 83,467 |
| Jul 2026 | 75,962 |
Show as a table
| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 942 |
| Sep 2025 | 922 |
| Oct 2025 | 1,033 |
| Nov 2025 | 893 |
| Dec 2025 | 862 |
| Jan 2026 | 832 |
| Feb 2026 | 805 |
| Mar 2026 | 900 |
| Apr 2026 | 938 |
| May 2026 | 1,052 |
| Jun 2026 | 1,041 |
| Jul 2026 | 1,033 |
Airlines flying LAX–SMF nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| OOSkyWest Airlines | 135 | 45% |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 63 | 41% |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 8.5 | 8% |
| UAUnited Air Lines | 7.7 | 4% |
| DLDelta Air Lines | 2.9 | 1% |
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
- Embraer ERJ-175 · 5,818 flights
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 1,789 flights
- Canadair RJ-700 · 1,185 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 926 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 675 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-200n · 226 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 185 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 177 flights
Also carried: 546 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 85.1%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 11 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 0.4%
- Flights counted
- 11,283
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| OOSkyWest Airlines | 88.6% | 10 min |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 78% | 12 min |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 77.8% | 14 min |
| UAUnited Air Lines | 87.5% | 8 min |
| DLDelta Air Lines | 89.3% | 6 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 43% · aircraft arriving late 41% · air traffic system 6% · weather 10% · 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
- $180
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $165
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 50% of passengers · $171
- Lowest-fare airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 50% of passengers · $171
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $156 · Q3 2025 $162 · Q4 2025 $164 · Q1 2026 $180).
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: 600 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.