The flight time from Dallas Fort Worth to Sacramento is 3 hours, 36 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves DFW Dallas Fort Worth, TX 2 minutes late.
18 minutes taxiing out
3 hours, 12 minutes in the air
5 minutes taxiing in
Arrives SMF Sacramento, CA 1 minute early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

American
73%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from Dallas Fort Worth to Sacramento is 3 hours, 36 minutes. The time spent in the air is 3 hours, 12 minutes.

The flight distance from Dallas Fort Worth to Sacramento is 1431 Miles.

Reverse Journey

Sacramento to Dallas Fort Worth
3 hours, 13 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

American
3h 36m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flight Time by Time of Day ?

12AM06AM12PM06PM1h2h3h
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flights By Time of Day ?
(Average)

12AM06AM12PM06PM0.00.20.40.60.81.0

Flights Per Week

32

Distance

1431 Miles

Flights By Month ?

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Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun012345

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

American
32

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is Dallas Fort Worth from Sacramento by plane?

The distance from Dallas Fort Worth to Sacramento by plane is 1431 Miles. This is the air distance on the most direct route taken by the vast majority of flights.

How long is the flight from Dallas Fort Worth to Sacramento?

The flight time from Dallas Fort Worth to Sacramento is 3 hours, 36 minutes. The time spent in the air is 3 hours, 12 minutes. These numbers are averages.

What airlines fly from Dallas Fort Worth to Sacramento?

American is the only airline with direct flights from Dallas Fort Worth to Sacramento.

Does Southwest fly from Dallas Fort Worth to Sacramento?

Southwest does not fly from Dallas Fort Worth (DFW) to Sacramento (SMF). Keep in mind that Southwest may fly to other nearby airports, as they will often fly into smaller airpors instead of larger ones. This is because the costs are often lower to fly into smaller airports, and they pass the savings on to you.

Tables and Explanations

Data Source

Our information is computed from the latest available data from the US Department of Transportation.

Average Timeline Timeline Chart

The average timeline contains the median time a flight spends in 3 stages. The first of these three stages is taxiing out which includes the time from the flight leaving the gate to taking off. The second stage is in the air, which includes the time spent from the flight leaving the ground to touching back down at the end of it's journey. The last stage is taxiing in, which is from when the flight touches down to the flight arriving at it's gate.

The average timeline also estimates on average of when the flight will leave and arrive relative to it's stated departure time.

Leaves Dallas Fort Worth 2 minutes late
Taxi Out Time 18 minutes
In the Air 192 minutes
Taxiing In 5 minutes
Arrives Sacramento 1 minute early

Flight Reliability Reliability Chart

The reliability of an airline measures how often the airline's flights on this route are cancelled or delayed more than 20 minutes. For example, from Dallas Fort Worth to Sacramento, American is 73% reliable, which means that American flights are on time 73% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
American 73% 25% 2%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between Dallas Fort Worth and Sacramento, this is due to different operational factors on the ground, as well as scheduling of planes. Each airline's flight time is split into three stages which are described above in the "Average Timeline" section. There are also miscellaneous operational issues which are included in the below total but are not accounted for in one of the three stages.

Airline Taxiing Out
(minutes)
In the Air
(minutes)
Taxiing In
(minutes)
Total
(minutes)
American 18 192 5 216

Flights By Time of Day Flight Time By Day Chart

This one is pretty self explanatory, it represents the number of flights that leave the gate in a given hour of the day. The tricky thing here is that this is normally not a whole number since it is an average over 52 weeks. Partial numbers may indicate that a flight may be seasonal or may take off at different times due to different operational factors.

Time Count
6pm 0.24
10pm 0.73
11am 0.48
12pm 0.35
7pm 0.01
9pm 0.35
3pm 0
5pm 0.43
4pm 0.34
8am 0.66
8pm 0.47
9am 0.32
10am 0.16

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from Dallas Fort Worth to Sacramento that take off in a given month of the year. This number changes because some flights are seasonal, and almost all flights have uneven demand througout the year.

Month Count
January 122
February 132
March 138
April 138
May 140
June 144
July 149
August 154
September 137
October 145
November 142
December 140

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from Dallas Fort Worth to Sacramento that take off on a given day of the week. Some routes only have enough demand to sustain a few trips a week, while others have many flights a day. This number is also an average across the year, and hence may not be a whole number.

Day Count
Monday 4.73
Tuesday 4.23
Wednesday 4.48
Thursday 4.83
Friday 4.9
Saturday 4.38
Sunday 4.77

Flight per Airline (per Week) Flights By Airline Chart

How many times an airline flies this route in a week. Different factors play into how often a carrier chooses to fly a given route including it's need to connect disparate routes, and demand.

Airline Flights per Week
American 1

Flight Time By Time of Day Flight Time by Time of Day Chart

The total flight time varies by each hour of the day due to factors such as airport traffic. More flights leaving an airport may cause higher taxi in or taxi out times. See the description of the average timeline above for a deeper discussion of each of these times.

Time Taxi Out
(minutes)
In the Air
(minutes)
Taxi In
(minutes)
Total
(minutes)
6pm 16 192 5 212
10pm 17 191 5 213
11am 16 197 5 218
12pm 15 184 5 205
7pm 22 193 4 224
9pm 19 199 6 225
3pm 14 200 5 219
5pm 17 189 5 212
4pm 16 199 5 221
8am 21 192 5 220
8pm 18 188 5 214
9am 22 192 5 220
10am 20 197 5 223
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.