Portland (PDX) – Sacramento (SMF)
- Distance
- 770 km
- 479 mi · 416 nm
- Flight time
- 1 h 29 min / 1 h 29 min
- Average gate to gate: PDX → SMF / back
- Time difference
- none
- CO2 per passenger
- 97 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (57 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 491,495
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · +12.1%
- Flights / week
- 97
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 74%
- 664,908 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 4
- WN, AS, QX
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 PDX
- 173°
- Heading from SMF
- 354°
- Halfway point
- 42.14, -122.07
- Great-circle km
- 771 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air PDX → SMF
- 1 h 9 min
- In the air SMF → PDX
- 1 h 12 min
- Clocks
- Same time in both
The estimate for a route without real times is 1 h 45 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
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| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 45,833 |
| Sep 2025 | 42,342 |
| Oct 2025 | 43,521 |
| Nov 2025 | 36,322 |
| Dec 2025 | 39,711 |
| Jan 2026 | 32,594 |
| Feb 2026 | 33,580 |
| Mar 2026 | 38,978 |
| Apr 2026 | 38,719 |
| May 2026 | 39,148 |
| Jun 2026 | 49,189 |
| Jul 2026 | 51,558 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 464 |
| Sep 2025 | 440 |
| Oct 2025 | 435 |
| Nov 2025 | 377 |
| Dec 2025 | 431 |
| Jan 2026 | 390 |
| Feb 2026 | 352 |
| Mar 2026 | 383 |
| Apr 2026 | 388 |
| May 2026 | 413 |
| Jun 2026 | 480 |
| Jul 2026 | 505 |
Airlines flying PDX–SMF nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 47 | 57% |
| ASAlaska Airlines | 15 | 18% |
| QXHorizon Air | 22 | 15% |
| OOSkyWest Airlines | 14 | 9% |
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 · 1,866 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 970 flights
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 912 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 862 flights
- Boeing 737-900ER · 256 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 900 · 192 flights
Also carried: 156 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 82.7%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 10 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 0.3%
- Flights counted
- 3,920
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 79.2% | 11 min |
| ASAlaska Airlines | 91.3% | 7 min |
| OOSkyWest Airlines | 85.1% | 10 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 25% · aircraft arriving late 67% · air traffic system 6% · 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
- $186
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $186
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Alaska Airlines
- 55% of passengers · $187
- Lowest-fare airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 44% of passengers · $181
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $177 · Q3 2025 $187 · Q4 2025 $193 · Q1 2026 $186).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $190, likely $164–$216
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 90% of the time over 21 quarters (median error 6.5%). 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
Cheapest quarter on this route: Q1, typically 4% below the year's average (9 years of DOT data, without 2020–21).
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: 771 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.