Long Beach (LGB) – Sacramento (SMF)
- Distance
- 623 km
- 387 mi · 337 nm
- Flight time
- 1 h 18 min / 1 h 19 min
- Average gate to gate: LGB → SMF / back
- Time difference
- none
- CO2 per passenger
- 78 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (46 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 410,366
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −1.5%
- Flights / week
- 72
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 72%
- 571,101 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 LGB
- 331°
- Heading from SMF
- 149°
- Halfway point
- 36.27, -119.82
- Great-circle km
- 624 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air LGB → SMF
- 1 h 2 min
- In the air SMF → LGB
- 1 h 4 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 | 32,387 |
| Sep 2025 | 35,586 |
| Oct 2025 | 39,177 |
| Nov 2025 | 37,403 |
| Dec 2025 | 37,378 |
| Jan 2026 | 31,629 |
| Feb 2026 | 33,667 |
| Mar 2026 | 33,899 |
| Apr 2026 | 33,193 |
| May 2026 | 32,747 |
| Jun 2026 | 31,837 |
| Jul 2026 | 31,463 |
Show as a table
| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 323 |
| Sep 2025 | 318 |
| Oct 2025 | 326 |
| Nov 2025 | 340 |
| Dec 2025 | 340 |
| Jan 2026 | 323 |
| Feb 2026 | 310 |
| Mar 2026 | 296 |
| Apr 2026 | 284 |
| May 2026 | 288 |
| Jun 2026 | 284 |
| Jul 2026 | 291 |
Airlines flying LGB–SMF nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 72 | 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 · 2,283 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 932 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 508 flights
Punctuality
- On time
- 86.8%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 7 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 0.3%
- Flights counted
- 3,738
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
Delay minutes by cause: airline 18% · aircraft arriving late 72% · 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
- $181
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $163
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 100% of passengers · $181
- Lowest-fare airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 100% of passengers · $181
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $154 · Q3 2025 $155 · Q4 2025 $162 · Q1 2026 $181).
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: 624 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.