Salt Lake City (SLC) – Sacramento (SMF)
- Distance
- 855 km
- 532 mi · 462 nm
- Flight time
- 1 h 40 min / 1 h 35 min
- Average gate to gate: SLC → SMF / back
- Time difference
- 1 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 107 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (63 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 435,476
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · +0.4%
- Flights / week
- 83
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 72%
- 608,390 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 3
- DL, WN, 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 SLC
- 257°
- Heading from SMF
- 71°
- Halfway point
- 39.84, -116.86
- Great-circle km
- 854 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air SLC → SMF
- 1 h 19 min
- In the air SMF → SLC
- 1 h 15 min
- Clocks
- Sacramento is 1 h behind Salt Lake City
The estimate for a route without real times is 1 h 50 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
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| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 38,591 |
| Sep 2025 | 37,926 |
| Oct 2025 | 40,487 |
| Nov 2025 | 33,243 |
| Dec 2025 | 34,746 |
| Jan 2026 | 28,155 |
| Feb 2026 | 28,569 |
| Mar 2026 | 31,784 |
| Apr 2026 | 33,073 |
| May 2026 | 40,456 |
| Jun 2026 | 44,607 |
| Jul 2026 | 43,839 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 380 |
| Sep 2025 | 361 |
| Oct 2025 | 384 |
| Nov 2025 | 358 |
| Dec 2025 | 334 |
| Jan 2026 | 308 |
| Feb 2026 | 297 |
| Mar 2026 | 330 |
| Apr 2026 | 344 |
| May 2026 | 397 |
| Jun 2026 | 397 |
| Jul 2026 | 405 |
Airlines flying SLC–SMF nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| DLDelta Air Lines | 57 | 75% |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 22 | 23% |
| OOSkyWest Airlines | 2.9 | 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
- A200-100 BD-500-1A10 · 1,067 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 650 flights
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 596 flights
- Boeing 737-900ER · 527 flights
- Airbus Industrie A319 · 458 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 340 flights
- A220-300 BD-500-1A11 · 230 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 220 flights
Also carried: 110 tonnes of freight and 27 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 86.5%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 10 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 0.9%
- Flights counted
- 4,320
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| DLDelta Air Lines | 88.3% | 9 min |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 81.8% | 12 min |
| OOSkyWest Airlines | 88.4% | 7 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 45% · aircraft arriving late 49% · air traffic system 4% · 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
- $249
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Delta Air Lines
- 66% of passengers · $279
- Lowest-fare airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 31% of passengers · $235
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $246 · Q3 2025 $235 · Q4 2025 $253 · Q1 2026 $264).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $270, likely $233–$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 6.9%). 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 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: 854 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.