CIC → SMFChico to Sacramento

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Direct flights from Chico (CIC) to Sacramento (SMF): 5 nonstop departures observed each week across 1 airline. The median arrival is 85 minutes late. No cancellations were recorded across the 4 tracked flights. The nonstop covers 124 km, an estimated 40 minutes in the air. Measured by Pro Flight Search from live flight boards at Chico and Sacramento. Updated 2 November 2026 at 23:18 UTC.

CIC Chico tracking
SMF Sacramento smooth · +0
124 km · ~0h 40m est.
departs 16:055x weekly
Running clean · 1 airline · 5x weekly · nonstop
100 / 100

route health from live CIC and SMF delay boards

Median arrival delay is +85 min. 0 of 4 tracked legs cancelled in the sample. Will a delayed flight be cancelled? →

Median arrival+85 minacross the last 4 arrivals
Flight time~0h 40mestimated from route distance
Weekly departures5x1 direct airline on the leg

The week

scheduled departures · origin local time
06121824
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Sun
Empire Airlines

Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time, observed operating in the last 7 days. Today is highlighted.

Who flies it

observed on the boards · 7 days
Empire AirlinesEM

Flights EM7658 16:05 Mo Tu We Th Fr

History

operated legs · board outcomes
10-30EM7658arrived+85
10-29EM7658arrived+85
10-28EM7658arrived+104
10-27EM7658arrived+82

Actual board outcomes rather than schedules, paired departure and arrival per flight and day.

Full board history, day by day →

Airports right now

live boards
CICChico tracking Full CIC delay board →
SMFSacramento +0 min smooth 🌤 mostly cloudy · WSW 3 kt Full SMF delay board →

How the Chico to Sacramento route actually runs

Pro Flight Search records official board updates for nonstop CIC to SMF flights through the day: schedules, estimates, gate pushes and actual departures. The verdict above comes from operated flights, so it reflects what this route does rather than what the timetable promises.

Planning around a delay? Live airport delays · Weather delay risk map · Will a delayed flight be cancelled? · Do planes make up time in the air? · How we measure

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CIC to SMF questions

Is CIC–SMF running on time right now?

Smooth skies ahead. Both endpoints currently score the same, route health score 100/100. The airports section above carries the live status and delay window at both ends.

How long is the flight from CIC to SMF?

Great-circle distance is 124 km. With typical jet cruise speed plus taxi, climb and descent, expect roughly 39–41 min gate-to-gate on this route.

How often does CIC–SMF fly?

Empire Airlines runs the route with about 5 flights a week (mon–fri). Since one carrier owns the route, a single disruption tends to ripple through the day.

What does the route health score measure?

A blend of departure-side delay at CIC and arrival-side delay at SMF, computed from rolling delay windows (refreshed every 40 minutes) with a daily-rollup fallback. Current MVFR, IFR, or LIFR endpoint weather caps the score when flight rules can limit throughput. Higher is healthier: 100 means operations are clean at both ends.