Sacramento International Airport satellite view
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KSMF · SMF

Sacramento International Airport

38.69540°N
-121.59100°W
ARR / DAY
165
4.6%
DEP / DAY
162
7.4%
ON-TIME
85.7% Top 25%
arr · avg -3 min
dep · 100% · avg -8 min cal
AVG DELAY
-3 min
7d window

Sacramento International Airport (KSMF/SMF) is a large international airport located in Sacramento, CA. It features 2 runways with the longest being 8,605 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 165 arrivals and 162 departures per day on average over the last 7 days, served by 28 carriers across 59 routes. Cargo carriers (FedEx, UPS, and similar) operate regularly, accounting for about 3% of observed flights. The most active carrier is Southwest Airlines CO. (san Antonio (SWA). The busiest route is to San Diego International Airport (KSAN). On-time performance averages 86% with an average delay of -3 minutes against scheduled times. At the busiest hour of an average day, we calculated that a plane takes off or lands roughly every 225 seconds.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

16m ago
Temp
68°F
Wind
0 kts
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
METAR KSMF 041553Z 00000KT 10SM CLR 20/12 A2990 RMK AO2 SLP125 T02000122 $

Communications Frequencies

2026-05-14
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
GND 121.700 24
GND 256.700 24
ATIS 126.750 24
APCH 125.250
APCH 125.400
APCH 127.400
APCH 257.900
APCH 259.100
APCH 317.500
APCH 353.700
UNICOM 122.950
SMF VOT 111.400
TUDOR ST 120.450
SLMMR ST 120.450
CD/P 121.100 24
SACRAMEN 122.500
SUUTR ST 124.800
FEVTA ST 125.250
CLASS C 125.250
CLASS C 125.400
LCL/P 125.700 24
FROGO DP 127.400
FTHIL DP 127.400
CLASS C 127.400
RVRCT DP 127.400
SCTWN DP 127.400
CD/P 256.700 24
LCL/P 256.700 24
FEVTA ST 257.900
CLASS C 257.900
CLASS C 259.100
SUUTR ST 263.150
FTHIL DP 317.500
RVRCT DP 317.500
SCTWN DP 317.500
CLASS C 317.500
FROGO DP 317.500
SLMMR ST 353.700
TUDOR ST 353.700
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZOA
Mag var:
13° E
Fuel:
100LL

Destination network

Great-circle routes from KSMF · last 7d

45 destinations
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Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

peak 6 PM · 1 movement every 225 s
12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p

Top routes

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Route Operator Flights Avg enroute
SMFSAN
San Diego, US
Southwest Airlines CO. (san Antonio 123 1h 31m
SMFLAS
Las Vegas, US
Southwest Airlines CO. (san Antonio 113 1h 28m
SMFLAX
Los Angeles, US
SKY West Aviation 108 1h 17m
SMFBUR
Burbank, US
Southwest Airlines CO. (san Antonio 82 1h 5m
SMFPHX
Phoenix, US
Southwest Airlines CO. (san Antonio 74 1h 49m
SMFONT
Ontario, US
Southwest Airlines CO. (san Antonio 72 1h 12m
SMFSNA
Santa Ana, US
Southwest Airlines CO. (san Antonio 66 1h 18m
SMFDEN
Denver, US
United Airlines 60 2h 22m
SMFSEA
Seattle, US
SKY West Aviation 56 1h 42m
SMFDEN
Denver, US
Southwest Airlines CO. (san Antonio 55 2h 24m
SMFSLC
Salt Lake City, US
Delta AIR Lines 54 1h 35m
SMFLAX
Los Angeles, US
Southwest Airlines CO. (san Antonio 52 1h 16m
SMFLGB
Long Beach, US
Southwest Airlines CO. (san Antonio 51 1h 9m
SMFSAN
San Diego, US
SKY West Aviation 47 1h 31m
SMFDFW
Dallas-Fort Worth, US
American Airlines 41 3h 30m
SMFSEA
Seattle, US
Alaska Airlines 39 1h 43m
SMFPDX
Portland, US
Southwest Airlines CO. (san Antonio 36 1h 20m
SMFSEA
Seattle, US
Southwest Airlines CO. (san Antonio 34 1h 40m
SMFORD
Chicago, US
United Airlines 31 3h 59m
SMFATL
Atlanta, US
Delta AIR Lines 29 4h 33m
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