The flight time from Sacramento to Burbank is 1 hour, 8 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves SMF Sacramento, CA 1 minute early.
10 minutes taxiing out
55 minutes in the air
2 minutes taxiing in
Arrives BUR Burbank, CA 6 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

Southwest
87%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from Sacramento to Burbank is 1 hour, 8 minutes. The time spent in the air is 55 minutes.

The flight distance from Sacramento to Burbank is 358 Miles.

Reverse Journey

Burbank to Sacramento
1 hour, 15 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

Southwest
1h 8m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flight Time by Time of Day ?

12AM06AM12PM06PM 15m 30m 45m1h
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flights By Time of Day ?
(Average)

12AM06AM12PM06PM0.00.20.40.60.81.0

Flights Per Week

58

Distance

358 Miles

Flights By Month ?

JFMAMJJASOND0100200

Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun0246810

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

Southwest
58

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is Sacramento from Burbank by plane?

The distance from Sacramento to Burbank by plane is 358 Miles. This is the air distance on the most direct route taken by the vast majority of flights.

How long is the flight from Sacramento to Burbank?

The flight time from Sacramento to Burbank is 1 hour, 8 minutes. The time spent in the air is 55 minutes. These numbers are averages.

What airlines fly from Sacramento to Burbank?

Southwest is the only airline with direct flights from Sacramento to Burbank.

Does Southwest fly from Sacramento to Burbank?

Yes! Southwest does fly from Sacramento (SMF) to Burbank (BUR). On average, they have 58 flights per week on this route. This may vary seasonally, please check the chart above for more details.

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 Sacramento 1 minute early
Taxi Out Time 10 minutes
In the Air 55 minutes
Taxiing In 2 minutes
Arrives Burbank 6 minutes 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 Sacramento to Burbank, Southwest is 87% reliable, which means that Southwest flights are on time 87% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
Southwest 87% 11% 2%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between Sacramento and Burbank, 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)
Southwest 10 55 2 68

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 0.65
7am 0.45
12pm 0.25
2pm 0.51
5pm 0.33
3pm 0.52
9am 0.85
1pm 0.51
4pm 0.69
8am 0.44
10am 0.56
8pm 0.71
11am 0.46
6am 0.64
7pm 0.63

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from Sacramento to Burbank 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 279
February 248
March 247
April 246
May 272
June 243
July 249
August 257
September 251
October 237
November 248
December 260

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from Sacramento to Burbank 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 9.5
Tuesday 8.62
Wednesday 8.62
Thursday 9.52
Friday 9.54
Saturday 5.15
Sunday 7.46

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
Southwest 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 10 55 2 68
7am 11 55 2 69
12pm 9 55 2 67
2pm 9 55 2 67
5pm 10 55 2 67
3pm 9 56 2 68
9am 10 55 2 68
1pm 10 56 2 68
4pm 10 55 2 68
8am 9 56 2 68
10am 10 56 2 68
8pm 9 55 2 68
11am 9 55 2 68
6am 11 56 2 70
7pm 9 55 2 67
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.