Phoenix (PHX) – Sacramento (SMF)
- Distance
- 1,041 km
- 647 mi · 562 nm
- Flight time
- 1 h 56 min / 1 h 49 min
- Average gate to gate: PHX → SMF / back
- Time difference
- 1 h / none
- January / July
- CO2 per passenger
- 131 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (77 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 838,950
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −2.7%
- Flights / week
- 139
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 78%
- 1,078,662 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 4
- WN, AA, OO
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 PHX
- 307°
- Heading from SMF
- 121°
- Halfway point
- 36.16, -116.64
- Great-circle km
- 1,040 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air PHX → SMF
- 1 h 36 min
- In the air SMF → PHX
- 1 h 30 min
- Clocks
- 1 h in January, none in July
The estimate for a route without real times is 2 h; how it is worked out is on Sources.
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| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 66,656 |
| Sep 2025 | 62,641 |
| Oct 2025 | 76,126 |
| Nov 2025 | 75,482 |
| Dec 2025 | 79,243 |
| Jan 2026 | 62,362 |
| Feb 2026 | 62,067 |
| Mar 2026 | 77,127 |
| Apr 2026 | 72,974 |
| May 2026 | 75,897 |
| Jun 2026 | 65,262 |
| Jul 2026 | 63,113 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 528 |
| Sep 2025 | 473 |
| Oct 2025 | 561 |
| Nov 2025 | 650 |
| Dec 2025 | 699 |
| Jan 2026 | 592 |
| Feb 2026 | 584 |
| Mar 2026 | 707 |
| Apr 2026 | 677 |
| May 2026 | 681 |
| Jun 2026 | 543 |
| Jul 2026 | 539 |
Airlines flying PHX–SMF nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 82 | 62% |
| AAAmerican Airlines | 39 | 31% |
| OOSkyWest Airlines | 13 | 5% |
| MQEnvoy Air | 5.5 | 2% |
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 B737 Max 800 · 2,056 flights
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 1,539 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 1,533 flights
- Airbus Industrie A319 · 650 flights
- Canadair RJ-700 · 537 flights
- Embraer ERJ-175 · 302 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 293 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 198 flights
Also carried: 131 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 80.7%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 12 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 0.5%
- Flights counted
- 7,252
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 79% | 11 min |
| AAAmerican Airlines | 84.4% | 14 min |
| OOSkyWest Airlines | 78.1% | 14 min |
| MQEnvoy Air | 85.9% | 9 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 35% · aircraft arriving late 56% · air traffic system 7% · 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
- $264
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $227
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 67% of passengers · $264
- Lowest-fare airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 67% of passengers · $264
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $216 · Q3 2025 $209 · Q4 2025 $216 · Q1 2026 $264).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $269, likely $239–$307
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 86% of the time over 21 quarters (median error 7.4%). 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 1a (airline ticket sample, US domestic airport pairs). Sources
Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)
Measured by great-circle distance: 1,040 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.