Sacramento (SMF) – Santa Ana (SNA)
- Distance
- 650 km
- 404 mi · 351 nm
- Flight time
- 1 h 23 min / 1 h 25 min
- Average gate to gate: SMF → SNA / back
- Time difference
- none
- CO2 per passenger
- 82 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (48 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 435,536
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · +0.5%
- Flights / week
- 88
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 66%
- 663,439 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 SMF
- 148°
- Heading from SNA
- 330°
- Halfway point
- 36.20, -119.67
- Great-circle km
- 650 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air SMF → SNA
- 1 h 8 min
- In the air SNA → SMF
- 1 h 8 min
- Clocks
- Same time in both
The estimate for a route without real times is 1 h 35 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 40,938 |
| Sep 2025 | 42,751 |
| Oct 2025 | 41,379 |
| Nov 2025 | 37,255 |
| Dec 2025 | 37,470 |
| Jan 2026 | 29,205 |
| Feb 2026 | 31,253 |
| Mar 2026 | 37,342 |
| Apr 2026 | 36,366 |
| May 2026 | 34,652 |
| Jun 2026 | 34,216 |
| Jul 2026 | 32,709 |
Show as a table
| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 416 |
| Sep 2025 | 411 |
| Oct 2025 | 370 |
| Nov 2025 | 384 |
| Dec 2025 | 392 |
| Jan 2026 | 348 |
| Feb 2026 | 332 |
| Mar 2026 | 381 |
| Apr 2026 | 377 |
| May 2026 | 384 |
| Jun 2026 | 377 |
| Jul 2026 | 419 |
Airlines flying SMF–SNA nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 88 | 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 · 3,955 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 629 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 6 flights
- Embraer ERJ-175 · 1 flight
Also carried: 63 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 85.4%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 8 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 0.6%
- Flights counted
- 4,621
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
Delay minutes by cause: airline 26% · aircraft arriving late 68% · air traffic system 6% · weather 0% · 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
- $260
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $233
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 98% of passengers · $261
- Lowest-fare airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 98% of passengers · $261
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $229 · Q3 2025 $213 · Q4 2025 $233 · Q1 2026 $260).
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: 650 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.