WN4020Southwest Airlines · SNA → SMF
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Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN4020 Santa AnaSNA · 14:10 SacramentoSMF · 15:40

WN4020 by Southwest Airlines flies from Santa Ana (SNA) to Sacramento (SMF) for the Thu, Oct 15 departure.

Right nowLanded in Sacramento · today
15:52

arrived at SMF · 12 min late

Typical gate push+40 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+12 minmedian over 6 operations
Wins back in air~28 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 6 operations · gate push → arrival
0+41+83+124 min
10-16
+40 gate · +12 arrival
10-15
+40 gate · +12 arrival
10-12
+12 gate · +124 arrival
10-09
+103 gate · +78 arrival
10-08
+13 gate · −16 arrival
10-05
+11 gate · −15 arrival

The bar is how late it left the gate; the ring is where it actually arrived. Board clocks, not estimates.

The last 30 days

arrival outcome per operation

median arrival +12 min · 0 cancelled · 6 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
SNASanta AnaModerate riskSNA delay board →
SMFSacramentoOn-time likelySMF delay board →
SNA→SMFevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
40%Chance of 15+ min delay
0.4%Chance of cancellation
+8 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at SNA and SMF are near their clear-air norm right now, so this reflects the route's recent baseline rather than a weather penalty. For this route and airline, under conditions like today's, over the last 90 days.

Pro Flight Search tracking, 90 days · the weather × delay correlation study → · live weather risk by airport →

When it flies

scheduled departures
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Santa Ana to Sacramento flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN4017departs 06:45
WN4018departs 09:00
WN4019departs 09:35
WN2293departs 11:35
WN770departs 14:10
WN1794departs 15:00

If WN4020 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Santa Ana to Sacramento on the same day, with scheduled departure times in SNA local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How WN4020 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN4020 across the SNA and SMF boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~23 min late. Based on 6 confirmed landings · 2/6 within 15 min of schedule. Pushes back late but makes up time in the air.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how WN4020 operates rather than what the timetable promises. Numbers refresh as new flights operate.

Technical record

How this operation is measured

board clocksaircraft

Board log

scheduled → actual, per operation
10-16SNA 14:10 14:50 (+40)SMF 15:40 15:52 (+12)
10-15SNA 14:10 14:50 (+40)SMF 15:40 15:52 (+12)
10-12SNA 14:10 14:22 (+12)SMF 15:14 17:18 (+124)
10-09SNA 14:10 15:53 (+103)SMF 15:40 16:58 (+78)
10-08SNA 14:10 14:23 (+13)SMF 15:40 15:24 (−16)
10-05SNA 14:10 14:21 (+11)SMF 15:40 15:25 (−15)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N8896L, N477WN, N9013M, N8830Q.

Board clocks recorded as SNA and SMF published them.

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